What does a flower boat mean?

Flower boat, also called colorful lotus boat or lotus boat, is a traditional folk activity.

Lotus-picking boat is a traditional dance of Han nationality loved by urban and rural people in Mianyang, Hubei Province (now Xiantao City). It is a form of song and dance created by people in Poyang Lake area imitating lotus picking by boat. Generally in the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and other major festivals. Xiantao, a land of plenty, has always been rich in lotus roots, so the art form of lotus boat is widely circulated in Xiantao.

Xiantao Lotus Picking Boat is also famous for its unique artistic expression in Jingchu. He has participated in folk dance performances in Hubei Province for many times and won favorable comments. Xiantao Lotus Picking Boat is made of bamboo and wood, with a boat-shaped bottom and a pagoda-pavilion-shaped roof at the top. The ship is about two meters high and the hull is pasted with colored paper. A colorful lotus boat arranges six to seven people to run the boat.

The origin of flower boats

Once upon a time, there was a disrepair bridge on the Luoyang River. Rich people would rather spend their money on drinking than spend some money on building bridges. One day, a lotus picking boat came up from Luoshui, and there was a beautiful young woman in the cabin. My wife said in the same boat, gentlemen! We come from the South China Sea. My daughter hasn't been betrothed to anyone else, and she is bent on finding a destiny takes a hand. I'll pick you up today.

Please, gentlemen, rich young master, do whatever it takes to save my daughter. Someone beats him, he is like a husband; Don't be surprised if you don't win. Then the ship was moved near the south bank, and the news spread. The woman stood in the cabin, waiting for the master to send gold and silver.

In a flash, the shore was crowded with people, and everyone rushed to invest in silver, making a scene. For several days in a row, the lotus picking boat invested money here every day. On the seventh day, the lotus boat came to the middle of the river, and the beautiful young woman spoke. I am Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea. Knowing that Luoyang Bridge was washed away by the flood and pedestrians were inconvenient, we implemented this plan and prepared funds to build the bridge. At that time, a craftsman who built this bridge came from Mianyang, and his name was Luo Xiang. Luo Xiang remembered the appearance of the boat, came back and made one, and now it is a lotus picking boat.