What is the symbol of dragon boat race?

It symbolizes patriotism and collectivism in people's hearts. Dragon boat race was originally a sacrificial activity for the ancient Yue people to worship the water god or the dragon god. Later, Qu Yuan threw water into the Guluo River, and many people rowed boats to catch up and save it, but when they reached Dongting Lake, they disappeared. So later generations used dragon boats to disperse the fish in the river on the fifth day of May to prevent Qu Yuan's body from being eaten.

Apart from commemorating Qu Yuan, opinions vary from place to place. For example, Suzhou Dragon Boat Race commemorates Wu Zixu, the doctor of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhejiang Dragon Boat Race commemorates the general, and Fuzhou Dragon Boat Race commemorates the Fujian King.

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Dragon boats vary in size and the number of spokes. Generally, it is long and narrow, with a headdress faucet and a dragon tail at the stern. The colors of the faucet are red, black and gray, which are similar to the head of the dragon lantern and have different postures. It is usually carved out of wood and painted with color. The dragon tail is mostly carved from whole wood and scales. In addition to the dragon head and tail, the dragon boat is decorated with gongs and drums, flags or hull paintings.

The size of dragon boats varies from place to place. For example, the dragon boat in Huangpu and its suburbs in Guangzhou is 33 meters long, with about 80 people on the road 100. Nanning Dragon Boat is more than 20 meters long, and each boat has about 50 or 60 people. Long boat in Miluo City, Hunan Province 16-22 meters, 24-48 people holding hands. Fujian Fuzhou Dragon Boat 18m long, 32 people holding hands. The competition is to set sail at the same time within a specified distance, and decide the ranking in turn when reaching the finish line.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-dragon boat rowing