Miao Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival of Miao nationality is a traditional festival of Miao nationality, which lasts from May 24th to May 27th in the lunar calendar every year. The Dragon Boat Festival is called "tying an urn" in Miao language, which means rowing a dragon boat. Dragon is a symbol of luck and strength in Miao people's minds. The Miao people's dragon boats are unique, usually dug by Chinese fir trees or Chinese parasol trees. There are three parts: denominator boat and two side boats. There are six cabins in the center of the mother ship. The fourth cabin is filled with pigs, sheep, geese and sailors' food presented by relatives and friends during the Dragon Boat Festival. The sub-boats on both sides are places for sailors to paddle. The Miao people row the dragon boat standing, which is different from the Han people sitting and rowing. The hull is about 20 meters long, and the bow is tilted high above the water, and a big faucet is installed. The faucet is carved from willow wood, and the carving is very beautiful. It is painted with gold, silver, red, green and white colors, as dazzling as scales. A pair of longan are bright and vivid, holding their heads high to the sky. On the horn-shaped dragon horn, there are usually auspicious words such as "good weather" and "peace and prosperity"

Usually, the dragon boat is placed in the "Dragon Boat Boron" specially used for placing the hull, and some "Dragon Boat Sheds" are also covered with couplets, such as: "The dragon boat is a historic event, loyalty and filial piety flourish all their lives, and the ceremony is heavy for a thousand years, stretching for a hundred years, the meaning of mountains and rivers is eternal, and the order is prosperous for a hundred years" and so on. Most of the horizontal approvals are "people's reunion" and "Wanbao comes to the DPRK". Pull a string between the two corners and hang a small red flag. Behind the horn stood four pheasant feathers more than one meter long, which looked very dignified. The stern also rose out of the water, with grass on it, called "phoenix tail"

Miao people row dragon boats.

Dragon boat racing consists of drum head, gong hand and hand. Drum head is the conductor on the dragon boat and the most prestigious person elected by the whole village. A teenager with more than ten winds served as a gong player, 38 sailors, and brave young people in the stockade. In the competition, each sailor holds a wooden paddle with a palm width and a length of about 1.5 meters. Wear hemp fiber and a hat to pray for rain.

The dragon boat race is very fierce. It is a sports activity that competes physical strength, skill, wisdom, courage and unity. It is a striking category of Miao folk sports activities and has won the love of people of all ethnic groups. The Dragon Boat Festival shows the simple beliefs of the early Miao people, and also traces the development of the early Miao civilization and traditional culture. It reproduces the wisdom and strength, brave consciousness and the spirit of unity and progress of the Miao people at that time.

Dragon Boat Festival and Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival, similar to the Miao nationality, is a traditional festival of the Han nationality-Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. There will also be a huge dragon boat race, that is, dragon boat race.