Dragon Boat Race on May 5 Dragon Boat Festival

Regarding dragon boat racing, written records begin with Wu Jun's "Continuation of Qi Xie Ji" in the Liang Dynasty before 500 AD. Later, written records about dragon boat races can be found in many records. Among the thousands of local chronicles existing across China, a total of 227 local chronicles contain records of dragon boat races. The saying of dragon boat rowing and dragon boat racing at the Dragon Boat Festival includes the saying that "the masses of boats set out together and rushed to Chengcheng to save Qu Yuan." And "a shout of drum music scared off the dragon."

This event is held around the Dragon Boat Festival and is a vigorous and spontaneous festival cultural event. The dragon boat is the shape of a dragon and a boat. The boats used by ancient emperors to patrol the rivers, seas, lakes and rivers were shaped like dragons at their ends and were called dragon boats or dragon boats. The dragon boat race in May in Jingzhou City is at the head and tail of ordinary wooden boats, temporarily tied with dragon heads and tails, and there are also special dragon boats. The fifth day of the fifth month, the fifth One thought he was a water horse, and the state generals and scholars all stood by the water to watch." Song Zhuang Ji Yu's "Chicken Rib Chapter" recorded the grand occasion of Jiangling Dragon Boat Race: "Hubei takes May as the big Duanyang, boating and racing, and each village is a boat." Yuan Zhongdao's "Dragon Boat in Shashi City" in the Ming Dynasty said: "The rising sun hangs down on the willows, and the city rises out of the shore. The yellow-headed man is like a horse, and the indigo woman is like a fairy. The dragon armor is paved with beautiful rivers, and the divine clothes shine on the fresh water. Thousands of people are looking at each other and see if one boat is the first."