You do not know the dragon boat trivia science and technology

Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, May 28 (Xinhua): you do not know the dragon boat trivia

Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Chang, Wang Junbao

Dragon Boat Festival to the dragon boat race. Dragon boat racing is one of the important folk activities of the Dragon Boat Festival, and various forms of dragon boat races around the country add a lot of color to this traditional festival every year. In addition to the competition, there are some traditional customs and knowledge about dragon boat racing is quite interesting.

Dragon Head Ceremony

In Taohuatan Township, Jing County, Anhui Province, the first day of May every year is the day of the dragon boat launch. Early in the morning, people will beat gongs and drums, firecrackers, "high-profile" to the local production of dragon boat old craftsman home please "Dragon", through the village to the Qingyi River, incense, firecrackers, in order to pray for good results, and hope that the wind and rain, political and human, the people of Taohuatan people live in peace and prosperity. Peach Blossom Lake people live and work in peace and happiness. Paddling for more than twenty years of dragon boat Jing County, Anhui Province, Peach Blossom Pool town of Mei Guoxing said that the town of each dragon boat after such a sacrificial ceremony, the dragon head to the dragon boat on the dragon boat, before counting the dragon boat officially launched.

Dragon boat eye-dotting

One point of the heavenly court, the lucky star, Hong Luck; two points of the nose, harmony and happiness, the peace of all families; three points of the mouth Li, smiling mouth, great luck; four points of the dragon corner, the wind and rain, the country and the people in peace; five points of the eye, may the dragon boat for us to bring health, good luck, such as the will of the ...... in the 10th The dragon boat eye-dotting ceremony at the National Ethnic Minority Traditional Sports Games is still impressive. As a matter of fact, most of the dragon boat races around the country will hold a unique eye-dotting ceremony before the start of the race or when the dragon boat is launched into the water. Dragon boat eye-dotting comes from the "dragon eye-dotting" said, meaning peace and good luck.

Drums with rhythm

In the dragon boat race, each dragon boat before the almost all have a drummer with the music and the sound of the trumpet beat rhythm, this drum is not purely to cheer cheer, beat the rhythm of the drums or paddle control paddles when paddling the dragon boat rhythm. Anhui Province, Lu'an Vocational and Technical College of the Dragon Boat Club President Sun Wei introduced the number of dragon boats on most of the twenty or thirty people, want to paddle neatly by listening to the drums to master the rhythm, in accordance with the sound of the drums together with the paddling force will be more concentrated, the speed to be faster, but also more so that each dragon boat participants to appreciate the meaning of the race needs to be united and collaborative.