Why did the dragon boat in Yangmei Ancient Town go to Zhong Kui Temple to worship?

Dragon boat rowing on March 3 is a unique traditional custom in Yangmei ancient town. This interesting activity has a history of thousands of years. The so-called "dragon boat" is a kind of folk craft crystal, which is to weave a boat-like frame with bamboo strips and then paste it into a beautiful dragon boat with paper and other materials. "Cutting" means knocking. The procedure of rowing a dragon boat is as follows: On the third day of the third lunar month, after making a new dragon boat, kind men and women first hold an opening ceremony in Zhong Kui Temple, and then carry the dragon boat around the streets of the ancient town. Wherever the dragon boat swims, the residents in the street will knock the dragon boat three times in the dragon boat gang with prepared fragrant paper and a "knocking handle" made of peach leaves or Aigen, and then throw the fragrant paper and the knocking handle into the cabin together, even if the evil spirits are driven out of the door. After the dragon boat parade, the dragon boat team carried the dragon boat and the evil spirits to the dragon boat port and burned them together. In this way, driving away evil spirits, sending away the plague god, and blessing the people's peace and happiness will come to an end.