Why do you want to row a dragon boat during the Dragon Boat Festival?

1, saying 1: Legend has it that the dragon boat race originated from the ancient Chu people. Many people rowed to save people and were buried in the river because they could not bear to be separated from the sage Qu Yuan. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, the dragon boat will be rowed on the fifth day of May every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu.

2. Statement 2: Legend has it that a long time ago, there was no river on the west bank, only a small and dirty ditch. One day, a fisherman caught a small snake in a ditch. This little snake is very strange. There are nine shiny scales on its tail. As soon as the fisherman touched the fish scale, the snake's eyes shone with begging light, which was very pitiful. The fisherman felt sorry for it, touched its scales and put it back in the ditch. Who knows that the nine scales suddenly fell, and the little snake danced and turned into a little dragon.

It turned out to be a dragon in the sky. Because I broke the dogma and was punished by the jade emperor, I became like this. It has nine strands on its tail-a small snake has nine shiny scales on its tail. The Jade Emperor once said, "This lock can't be opened unless it is positive." Just now, the fisherman inadvertently opened the Millennium shackles on Xiaolong. In order to thank the fisherman, Xiaolong kept turning around in the ditch, spouting water from his mouth and pouring it into the small ditch.

Slowly, this small ditch became a big river (now the West Bank River), which brought rich crops to the West Bank. In order to commemorate this dragon, people call the villages along the river Longtouzhai, Shanglongshou and other villages. On the day when the dragon ascended to heaven, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival, a dragon boat race was held to celebrate.

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Different meanings of dragon boat races in different places;

1. Dragon boat rowing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is of great significance to commemorate Qiu Jin, a native-born modern female democratic revolutionary. The night dragon boat is decorated with lights and shuttles, and the scene is moving and interesting.

2. The Miao people in Guizhou hold the Dragon Boat Festival from May 25th to 28th of the lunar calendar to celebrate the success of transplanting rice seedlings and wish a good harvest.

3. The Dai compatriots in Yunnan held a dragon boat race at the Songkran Festival to commemorate the ancient hero Yan Hongwo.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Dragon Boat Race (Dragon Boat Festival)