May I ask, what kind of sport is dragon boat racing in China's minority sports program?

Speaking of the Dragon Boat Race this sports program we are not unfamiliar, because it is China's Dragon Boat Festival is very important to a custom, but also the Dragon Boat Festival is very important to a festival of folklore activities, and in the south of China, it is more widely distributed, almost as long as the city near the river and lake, in the Dragon Boat Festival will be held on the day of the Dragon Boat Race this custom. Then the next small make up to give you a specific say, China's minority sports in the dragon boat race is a what kind of sport.

First of all, about the dragon boat racing this sports program, its origin is very much, for example, some people say that he is used to worship Cao E, some people say that he is used to worship Qu Yuan or worship the god of the water, the dragon god, and other ancient mythological figures, but these activities are some sacrificial activities, and this activity can be traced back to the longest warring states, and dragon boat racing it is not a unique Chinese culture. is not a cultural sport unique to China, for some reasons, so the dragon boat he has also been introduced to our neighboring countries, Japan, Vietnam and the United Kingdom and other places, and in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, he became an official competition, in 2001, the dragon boat race was also approved by the State Council included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Secondly, dragon boat racing is a custom that has already existed in the Warring States period, where people put dragon canoes in the water with the sound of drums in a very rapid manner to offer sacrifices in the form of entertainment, but at that time, dragon boat racing was a program with a religious character. Then before holding the dragon boat race, no matter which place in our country, generally will hold some ceremonies, such as light incense and candles to burn paper money, and then kilometers of chicken and rice meat and zongzi and so on some food, although we are now living in this era will rarely see such a ceremony, but now such a ceremony still exists, in the past to do such a ritual activity is also to meet the people praying for a good agricultural harvest, good weather conditions, and to remove evil spirits.

Finally, the dragon boat racing is a very valuable intangible cultural heritage left to us by history, we should continue to inherit it, and carry it forward, not to let it blot out in the long river of history. The above content only represents the editor's personal views, if there is any error, please understand.