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Three Gorges Zigui Online News (Reporter He) Dragon boat sports, also known as "dragon boat racing" and "dragon boat rowing", are said to have originated in the Warring States period. Our county is the birthplace of dragon boat races. From the beginning of the last century to the present, the dragon boat race began to glow with vitality in Qu Yuan's hometown.

Xiang Qiliang, 80 years old, has lived in Qingtan for 70 years and is also a dragon boat enthusiast. He said to him, "Before liberation, this wharf belonged to Chen Mou. This is the south, and the north also pulled the boat, but the water was too shallow. Finally, they marked the winning or losing bid, and whoever grabbed it was his. After returning to China, they respected Bodhisattva and Master. "

For thousands of years, dragon boat rowing has been the largest mass rally in Zigui, Quxiang. The villagers attach great importance to the dragon boat race, and are known as "it is better to waste a year's land than a year's boat". After liberation, the folk dragon boat race in our county has been handed down. In addition to winning or losing, "grabbing the red" is also a very fierce competition. Grab the red' is to hang a red envelope at the end of the track and set up a round of competition specially for grabbing the red. The winner can hold hands.

According to Li Zhipeng, former director of the County Sports Commission, "After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, with the improvement of people's material living standards, the requirements for spiritual life are getting higher and higher. Where there is water, there is boating, but it is different. Rowing in Foshan is Longwei, a boat in Guangdong 100 people. When the country sees this situation, the time is ripe and the conditions are ripe, so it must be standardized. " Qu Yuan Cup solved this problem.

With the 1984 dragon boat race being listed as a national official event, and the 1985 China Dragon Boat Association being established in Yichang, the dragon boat sport is gradually standardized. Since 1992, our county has included this sport in the Dragon Boat Festival organized by the government. Dragon boat race is a sport passed down from the people and has gradually become the highlight of the Dragon Boat Festival organized by the government.

With the construction of the Three Gorges Project, Gaoxia Pinghu has replaced the turbulent Yangtze River current and turbulent undercurrent. As a result, the dragon boat race is not as thrilling as it used to be. On June 15, 2003, our county held the first "Gaoxia Pinghu Dragon Boat Race", and the dragon boat race changed from a traditional race to a straight race.

Fan Jun, head of the county sports bureau, said: "Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Project, the dragon boat race has changed from rowing across the river to straight-line race. Especially in 2004, in order to hold the 12th "Qu Yuan Cup" National Dragon Boat Championship, we obtained the approval of the National Dragon Boat Association for the standard track setting. So the straight race became a formal routine event in Zigui, and there was no previous rowing across the river. "

The success of this dragon boat race attracted the Qu Yuan Cup National Dragon Boat Championship to finally return to the "hometown" in 2004, which was the first time that the event was held in a county-level city. In 2006, after the first Yichang Dragon Boat Race and Zigui Dragon Boat Race were successfully held in Xujiachong, Xujiachong officially became the national dragon boat training base.

Fan Jun said: "In 2003, the impoundment of the Three Gorges Project ended on June 15, and our county held the' Gaoxia Pinghu Cup' dragon boat race at this time, which attracted great attention. The headlines of CCTV 1 news broadcast, sports channel, People's Daily and sports newspaper all reported, which attracted national attention. Coupled with the success of the national dragon boat championship and the water situation in our county, we paid attention to the whole country.

The dragon boat race in 2008 attracted 265,438+0 teams to participate in the dragon boat race. Several Zigui people working in Beijing volunteered to participate and issued a proposal to form a dragon boat team, named "Zigui people in Beijing". All the dragon boat teams entered the track, which increased the performance of the dragon boat. Compared with previous dragon boat races, it pays more attention to performance.

Li Xugang, deputy director of the county forestry bureau, was selected as the rower of the 62-meter superstar dragon boat: "As an out-and-out Zigui person, I grew up watching the dragon boat paddle. Dragon boat sports and dragon boat culture have been deeply imprinted in my heart. I am eager to be a dragon boat athlete when I grow up. Today, I feel very happy and honored. My team members and I will seriously participate in this dragon boat sport and pass on the fighting spirit of the dragon boat from generation to generation. "