Dragon Boat Characteristics of Yangjiang Dragon Boat

The dragon boat in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province has strong local characteristics. Each dragon boat belongs to a local temple or ancestral hall with its own standards and titles. Each dragon boat has its own dragon boat association, and the person in charge is called "Dragon Seed" ("Dragon Seed" means inheritance), and "Dragon Seed" is responsible for organizing and arranging the annual events. On the first day of the fifth lunar month, dragon boat associations hold a solemn "Dragon Boat Festival" ceremony to make the finishing touch to the dragon head, comb the bun and beard, then row to the bamboo forest in the nearby river port to pick green, and then go out to participate in the competition.

The traditional dragon boat in Yangjiang, Guangdong is 30.6m long and1.2m wide in the middle. It is made of teak or poplar. The dragon head is tall and powerful, the hull is shiny and black, the scales at the head and tail are colorful, and the beard is elegant and powerful. There are 54 people on board.

Different from the customs of dragon boat racing all over the world, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province has always followed the pattern of "dragon boat racing against the current", aiming at embodying a "dragon boat spirit" that is not afraid of difficulties and strives for the first place. The world calls it "dragon boat rowing, racing spirit" During the dragon boat race, the Ssangyong went up side by side against the current, the gongs and drums were loud and the water splashed like a dragon boat, which was spectacular.