12 dragon boat size

12-person dragon boat, with a total length of 12.8m, a total width of 1m and a height of 0.5m, is the dragon boat of the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat race is the main custom of the traditional Han festival Dragon Boat Festival. It was originally a festival for China people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a custom of dragon totem sacrifice in the form of dragon boat race on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

Characteristics of dragon boat

Dragon-shaped or engraved with dragon patterns are generally made narrow to facilitate the competition. There is a centipede flag at the tail, gongs and drums are played on the lower deck of the middle cabin, and sailors paddle beside it. The number of dragon boats is rated as 36, which are called slots, commonly known as 36 incense officials. If it's a little dragon, the hull is thirteen gears, and there are twenty-six people rowing. On the ship's surface, there were exactly thirty-six people who raised the national flag, sang drums, played gongs and held incense fights.

Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival and February 2nd Dragon Head Festival are important folk activities in Dadong Yalong Cultural District. A dragon boat is a boat painted with the shape of a dragon or a dragon. Dragon boat race is a traditional folk water sport and entertainment in China, which is mostly held on festive festivals. This is a team rowing competition. Dragon boat racing originated in the Han Dynasty.