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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1948.
KONG WATERFRONT
BY OUR HARBOUR. REPORTER
This "Dragon" boat was one of the four which participated in this year's Dragon Boat Festival. She is seen here bound for, the starting point. Rather than turn the boat, the oara- men changed position to row backwards Visible in the picture are the Dragon's head, at the bow, the gangaman, the "cheer leader" sitting amidships in black dress, the drummers and the heimaman at the stern. ("China' Mait" Photo).
THE DRAGON BOAT: UNIQUE SIGHT
rudder oar $300, and $100 for the and other similar I drum, gong
Liner accessories.
of this
(Editor's Note: This is the fifteenth of a series of pictorial The Hong Kong "Lung Chow features to acquaint the general public with the numerous types is constructed in Macao, where, of smail native craft operating in local waters and their varied many of the craftsmen, specialis-
construction usage. Through the courtesy of the Marine Department it hasing in the been possible to identify them individually and obtain the neces- type of vessel, still exist. This sary particulars.)
group of boatbuilders has passed on the art for generations.
They
·
called
The characteristic features
.on.
In My Log
Why do they go sext
"I must down to the seas again, To the lonely sea and the sky..........“ Sea Fever -Masefeld. Let's see what they have to say for themselves.
•
Chips of the old block,
Sixty-two-year-old James Leitch of the Island of Arran, Scotland, master of the British steamer Wing Hing, comes from a seafaring family which has al- ready four retired masters.
Hils four-year-old son has al- so shown siges of following his father's footsteps.
During
of about 18 period years, Mr. Leitch was comman- der of 20 oll tankers,
Another "chip of the old block" is 33-year-old Gerald MacDonald of Edinburgh, who represents the third generation in his family to take to "sca.
The steward of the British motor vessel Benclench began his life adoat at the age of 19 as a cabin boy to carry on his father's career-22 years in the Royal Navy
Gerald's plans include many
more years of sailing.
+
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When nothing's better ashore..
Go to cea and earn more
money.
That's what 67-year-old c. Trott former master of the ss. Kwongtung, would advise.
The native of Deal, Kent, bes
An indication of the popularity; such a manner that they can be she years.
50
attempts to
Created by legend, originating in the feudalistic
age of the Seven Kingdoms some 30 centuries the "Lung Chaw are ber elabor ago, the "Lung Chow" or the "Dragon Boat"ately-carved bow and stera, re-gan as a deckboy at a raw are.
Isembling the head and tail of a after several futile is today one of the unique sights this side of dragon symbol of supremacy and make good ashore, from canning the Orient.
sovereignty in Chinese civilisa sardines to cotton spinning.
With a "make or bust" deter- mination Mr. Trotz worked his way up and Seen only once a year on the solemnity, took place on June 1) The bow and stern
became a master are in-way Afth day of the fifth moon, inį this year.
geniously joined to the hull in a mariner after 10 years. He was per of numerous vessels for the Lunar Calendar. when the
conventional
observe Chinese
Lip
as to prevent 30 An this raised interest taken what
have
"Old Man" Trott was in the thei and
breakage in collisions. “Dragon Boat Festival.
fabulous Chinese myta was the
whaling .business. His
two reptilian gondola-shaped craft is presence of the Governor and as
Normally, some 50 persons man other sons are "landlubbers." retinue of high-ranking officials the "Lung Chow", including 47 a symbol of reverence.1,
Hong Kong first saw the veter – and local public figures, who When not in use-during the witnessed the thrilling four-craft carsen, a drummer, a gongsman, en in 1920;
a "cheer leader" and a helmsman. 354 days of idleness-the Lung Dragon Boat Race of 1949, Chow is sometimes preserved in Kennedy Town,
A defect of this type of craft the precincts of a temple or any other place of reverence..
The Hong Kong "Dragon Boat" is that she often becomes water- normally measures 50 feet long; 10gged when speeding at a fast pase. When fully manned, she and three feet and sight inthes has very little freeboard. wide amidship. The hull is gen- emily built of teak ¡Chinese fir.
There are five "Dragon Boats" in Hong Kong as far as is known Two are lat Shaukiwan. one at Ngan Tau Kok, one at Aberdeen and one on the Island of Toi (situated South of D'Aguilar).
Cap
The latest observance of this festival, which through the pars
wood
at
A tesk hull costs about HK$5, 000 to HK$8,000, while a Chinese fir craft varies between HK$4,000 end HK$5,000...
•
Cupid lends a hand.
Olay and Ruth met over the
pantry in the galley of the ss. Martin Bakke, at Olso Last year. It became a "boy meets girl" romance. Six months later they
The "Dragon Boats" found in jwere engaged. inland rivers of China are of a| The 25-year-old Norwegian
from dew
Copenhagen to bigger type and more colourfully-lass
York decorated.
New
to
chief join her steward flance, who was work- The life of a “Lung Chow" ing aboard the ms. Reinholt.
She ranges from five
A to 10 years, became
stewardess on the
Both Olav Vaagen and Ruth Staveness came here en route home aboard the Norwegian vessel.
considerably on the Reinholt. In addition to this, the tradi- depending
Dragon's head and tail feree of care taken in preserving afety instead of the original' cast about $230; paddleś
and her.
are of time has become one vljajonal
DO YOU REMEMBER ?
When you read a newspaper do you absorb the news and still remember the highlights for some time afterwards? Let's see which news items of the week have impressed you most-
This is the third of a series of "Do You Remember" quizzes on the week's shipping headlines. Each query will have a elue attached.
The answere are found underneath-turn the page upside cown.
Try your memory!
Do You Remember:
1) Who wants to buy barges, tugs and coasters and why? (Jute)
2) Which HM ship is bound for the breakers yard? (Graf Spee)
3) A reason given for the recent series of sea dramas off the China Coart? (Pal)
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4) Why the British freighter. Lguias Moller was not at- tacked or pursued by a belligerent Nationalist guardship after ignoring her challenge!
(Power)
5) What Captain G. N., Brewer, Director of Naval Recruit- ing, told the Press about boys wishing to join the Navy? (The (hree Riy
Answer:
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In most parts of China, they are "roosted" in shallow trenches near a stream where the ground is usually moist,
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Live childhood'a dreams sce the world.
"Since my middle school days, The myth surrounding the I have read a lot about the "Lung Chow has a historical strange
countries in the world background, dating back to the and have always yearned to visit feudalistic era of the Seven King-them," 20-year-old Helene Lind- doms, in one of which the Prince
master's gren,
secretary and of Cho reinged.
wireless operator of the Fernhill, told us. Wat Yuan, a loyal minister of Like her many other Nor- the Prince, drowned himself in wegian sisters who have taken despair after failing to arouse to sea, the pretty tail, lithe blonde. his Princely lord from the per- candidly admitted that she want- ilous position of squandering his ed to see the world and cam more than to look after the welfare of money when she signed on. his subjects.
wealth on wine and women rather
After £nishing her Dornal academic studies, Helene joined Through traditional Court in the Oslo Seamen's Institute to trigue of jealous colleagues and graduate as a wireless operator.
She is the only daughter of a the apathy of the Prince," Wat Norwegian businessman, in Sar- Yuan was ousted from!
office. sbourg, Norway. which led to his suicidal death.
Appalled by the tragic event, the Prince set about reforming his government and purged the Court of undesirable elements,
Wat
And Helene says she likes it.
Patriotism.
:
Driven by patriotie zeal to help build a powerful navy for China to withstand foreign aggression,
His first few decrees included Mr. Lai Ju-ming, one of the very the immediate search for
few Chinese skippers to possess Yuan's body and the throwing of took to ses when he was 15 years the Class "A" master's ticket, rice dumplings that the fish might eat them cld. instead of molesting the patriot's body.
into the sea 50
The day-fifth day of the fifth moon-was to be honoured and observed with reverence,
In these days, according to those in the know, the boats were like gondolas, decorated with hanners and elaborate paintings
sheer dint of hard work to be- He worked his way up by
come captain of the warship Hai Yung, the largest and most powerful in the Chinese Navy then
Captain Lai served 18 years in the navy.
"I China had repulsed the in- vading Japanese Navy during the have been a different story now," Sino-Japanese conflict, it would
The mighty dragon was chosen the dapper veteran remarked. to dress up, the craft used in the
China requires a strong
navy symbolic search for the body of to patrol her long coastline. This Wat Yuan, which till today has is of paramount Importance to been annually observed by the the future welfare of the nation
Captain La! was former master of the river motor vessel Kwei Shan, which would have been
diekards.
It was thus that the "Lung
Chow"--Lung for dragon and pirated once but for the vigilance
chow for boat-got her name.
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