In the Chinese language bloc, even today people still take part in row boat races (ryusen or dragon boats) as Dragon Boat Festival that was associated with the fact that people took to the water in boats trying save Qu Yuan.
中国語圏では、現在も屈原を助ける為に船を出した故事にちなみ、龍船節として手漕舟（龍船あるいはドラゴンボート）の競漕が行われる。