Chinanews, Guangzhou, Dec. 18 – A dragon boat race was held recently in Nanhai, Guangdong Province on Sunday. Forty-two teams from Nanhai, Shunde, Zhongshan and Sanshui participated in the race, with the team from Shunde coming out the winner.The Zhujiang River Delta is regarded as the cradle of the dragon boat race, and that the recent race attracted 100 thousand people. A team coach told our reporter that the 30-kilometer dragon boat race lasted for 3 hours, to become a dragon boat “Marathon” race.Mr. Pan, the coach from the winning team, said that they were a professional team that had won many matches in the previous years.The 200-some participants in the dragon boat race were aged above 40. More old people than young enjoy watching the race.