Where is the custom of rowing dragon boats?

Dragon boat race originated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, also known as dragon boat race. It is a multi-person collective rowing competition and the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival of the Han nationality. It was originally a festival for China people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in Wuyue, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. After the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival custom for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan, and it was also one of the representatives of the Han dragon totem culture.

Dragon boat race is one of the important folk activities of Dragon Boat Festival. Every year, various forms of dragon boat races add a lot of color to this traditional festival. In addition to competitions, there are some traditional customs about dragon boat racing:

The first is the Dragon Boat Festival.

The first day of May is the day when the dragon boat is launched every year. Early in the morning, people beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers and burn incense in order to pray for good results, and hope that the weather will be good and the government will be harmonious. Every dragon boat has to go through such a sacrificial ceremony, and the dragon head is put on the dragon boat before it is officially launched.

Second, the finishing touch of the dragon boat

Little Paradise, good luck, good luck; Two noses, harmony and happiness, family peace; At three o'clock, you can always laugh and have good luck; Dragon horn at four o'clock, good weather, peace and prosperity; At five o'clock, may the dragon boat bring us health, auspiciousness and happiness.

Throughout the country, most dragon boat races will be held before the start or when the dragon boat is launched. The finishing touch of dragon boat comes from the saying "finishing touch", which means peace and good luck.