What color is the dragon boat?

Dragon boats come in two colors: green and red. Green is commonly known as "male dragon" and red is commonly known as "female dragon". Dragon boat racing is a dragon boat used in the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat race is the main custom of traditional festivals of Han nationality. The dragon boat race is divided into several links, such as starting the dragon, Youlong, competition and closing the dragon. Dragon boat race is a traditional folk water sports and entertainment project in China. It is a multi-person collective rowing competition, which is mostly held on festive festivals.

Suzhou is the birthplace of Dragon Boat Festival. Jia Qinglu records that Jiangsu Dragon Boat Race is to commemorate Wu Zixu. Therefore, Suzhou has the old habit of offering sacrifices to Wu Zixu on the Dragon Boat Festival and holding a boat race to commemorate it. The earliest origin of Suzhou Dragon Boat Race is "Xumen Tanghe River", and Shao, a poet in Qing Dynasty, lamented that "in May, the river was full of vitality and the water was frolicking and competing". By the Qing Dynasty, Suzhou Dragon Boat Race had become very popular and there were many places. "Dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat, dragon boat. Suzhou's Dragon Boat Festival customs include drinking realgar wine, wearing sachets, hanging calamus and hanging statues of Zhong Kui.