Why Dragon Boat Racing at Dragon Boat Festival

I. Dragon boat racing, is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in the ancient Chu people because they could not afford to let the wise minister Qu Yuan cast the river to die, many people rowing boats to catch up to save. They scrambled, chased to Dongting Lake (tickets) when they disappeared. After that, they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it. By rowing the dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river, so that the fish do not eat Qu Yuan's body;

Two, every year after the boat race, these dragon boats are always set up in the ancestral halls of the various tribes, should now invite the dragon boat down to repair the paint, and then launched into the water to start practicing. So this month, the sound of drums droning, can be heard everywhere;

three, dragon boat, as the name suggests, is like a boat in the shape of a dragon. The bow of the boat is like a dragon head held high, and the sides and belly of the boat are painted in different colors. Dragon boat size is not the same, the number of paddles is also different, there are six pairs, there are twelve pairs, there are seventeen pairs, there are also fifty-two pairs. If the competition is the same, then the dragon boats must be the same size. If it is a new boat, then there must also be a ceremony to sacrifice the dragon head.