What do you mean, send the king a boat?

Sending the king boat is a folk activity widely spread in Minnan (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou) area of China and the coastal area of Malacca.

"Sending the King's Boat" is a widely spread ceremony in Minnan area of China (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Guang 'an) and the coastal area of Malacca. The activities of these two countries are both places. Minnan is held every three or four years when it is windy in the northeast season and autumn; In Malacca, it is mostly held in the leap year of the lunar calendar and the auspicious day of the dry season. The ceremony lasted several days or months.

Since the formation of 15 to 17 century, with the "Lower Southeast Asia" and maritime trade, it gradually spread from southern China to Southeast Asia. Sending the king's boat conveys people's historical memory of their ancestors going to sea, embodies the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and respect for life, and provides rich cultural dialogue resources for promoting the development of an inclusive society.

It carries marine knowledge and navigation technology such as observing meteorology, tides and ocean currents, and is the crystallization of people's long-term wisdom in marine production and life. The Ship to the King is regarded as the same heritage by relevant societies in China and Malaysia, and it is a vivid example of the spread and blending of Chinese culture in countries along the Maritime Silk Road.

Brief introduction of "Send the King Ship"

20 1 1, Wang Chuan was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage projects in China. In 20 13, Yuzhou was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in Malaysia and became a cultural heritage belonging to the people of China and Malaysia. On June 5438+February 65438+July 2020, China and Malaysia jointly declared the project of "Sending the King's Boat-Ceremony of Sustainable Contact between Man and the Ocean and Related Practices", which was approved by the Committee and included in UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

On June 29th, 2022, 65438+, Wang Chuan was selected as the seventh batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects. 2023 Cross-Strait (Xiamen) Xiamen Port Boat Festival.

For the above contents, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Ship King (World Intangible Cultural Heritage).