2007 Taipei International Dragon Boat Championship

Dajia Riverside Park, Taipei, Taiwan

June 18, 2007 - 07:40 UTC (15:40 TPE)

Loading panorama viewer ...

Configuring ...

Help

Copy URL

Caption

The Dragon Boat Festival is the 5th day of the 5th month on the lunar calendar.

It was memorial for Chinese poet Qu Yuan(屈原), a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) , who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers.

Legend says that as townspeople attempted to rescue him, they beat drums to scare fish away and threw zong-zi(粽子 rice-and-meat dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves) into the river to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body.

Today in Taiwan, it become the particular interest of local and foreign community for the international division dragon boats racing in a lively.

Location

Asia / Taiwan

Lat: 25° 4' 32.67" N
Long: 121° 32' 36.43" E

Elevation: 3.6

→ maps.google.com [EXT]

Precision is: High. Pinpoints the exact spot.

Equipment

Canon EOS 20D + Sigma 8mm Fisheye / PTGui & Photoshop CS

Click background or press ESC to close this dialog.

How can I …?

… Look around on touch devices?

Touch and drag the picture
Pinch/spread to zoom

… Look around with a mouse?

Place your mouse pointer over the picture.
Press and hold the mouse button.
Move the mouse slowly to spin the view.
Release the mouse button to stop moving.
Zoom with mouse wheel or shift/ctrl

… Make the picture bigger?

Tap or click the zoom icon in the bottom right corner of the picture to switch between in-page and fullscreen view
With the mouse you can also right click and choose "Fullscreen"
Note: This will reload a high resolution version, if necessary.

… Browse to another panorama?

Choose any of these options to navigate:

Use the links in the green menu bar at the top
Slide the dotted area in the info header to the left or right
Use the left/right arrows at the sides of the panorama (if visible)
Use the lists: A-Z, Region, Thumbs, Map

PLEASE RESPECT THE ARTIST’S WORK. All images are copyright by the individual photographers, unless stated otherwise. Use in any way other than viewing on this web site is prohibited unless permission is obtained from the individual photographer. If you're interested in using a panorama, be it for non-profit or commercial purposes, please contact the individual photographer. The WWP can neither negotiate for, nor speak on behalf of its participants. The overall site is copyright by the World Wide Panorama Foundation, a California Public Benefit Corporation. Webdesign © by Martin Geier www.geiervisuell.com

Community

2007 Taipei International Dragon Boat Championship

How can I …?

… Look around on touch devices?

… Look around with a mouse?

… Make the picture bigger?

… Browse to another panorama?