Handmade dragon boat making tips

Introduction: handmade dragon boat production strategy, welcome to your reference! Dragon boat is divided into "dragon" and "dragon race" two kinds: "dragon" volume, beautifully decorated, called "dragon boat", focusing on cruising to show costumes and drums to help; "race" volume. Focus on cruising show costumes and drums to help; "dragon" small size, called "dragon boat", from three to fifteen radius, focusing on racing speed.

Prepare to do handmade dragon boat materials.

Do handmade dragon boat materials are: three colors of cardboard, scissors, glue, pencils, colored paper, transparent glue, cardboard.

Draw a long box as the body of the dragon boat on the cardboard.

The hull of a dragon boat can be represented by a long box, which is drawn here on cardstock as the body of the dragon boat.

Cut out the box with scissors.

After drawing the edge line of the long box, use scissors to cut out the edges of the box along the line, taking care to keep it neat.

Fold the box according to the drawn line.

After cutting out the edges of the box shape, fold it according to the drawn lines to create a three-dimensional box.

After folding the box, stick the sides with clear glue.

Next, glue the sides of the folded box to hold it in place, and the hull of the ship will be roughly outlined.

Fold the colored paper in half and draw the image of the dragon head with a pencil.

Fold a piece of colored paper in half and draw the image of the dragon's head on the paper with a pencil. Then hold the folded paper tightly and use scissors to cut out the figure, you can cut out two dragon head figures at the same time.

Fold the paper in half and draw the dragon's tail with a pencil.

Fold a piece of colored paper in half and draw the dragon's tail with a pencil on the paper. Then hold the folded paper tightly and cut out the figure with scissors, cutting out two dragon tails at the same time.

Draw the dragon's horns and whiskers on color cardstock and cut them out.

Take out brightly colored cardstock, then draw dragon horns and whiskers on different colors of cardstock and cut them out along the lines.

Draw dragon boat decorative shapes, paddles on color cardstock and cut them out.

Next, draw dragon boat decorations, paddles and other graphics on different colors of cardstock and cut out along the lines, as shown below.

Divide the pairs of cutouts into two groups.

Then cut out the graphics into two groups, because the dragon boat has two sides, divided into two groups pasted on the box, will have a three-dimensional sense, but also more vivid image.

Glue one group of shapes to the image of the dragon boat.

Next, a group of graphics representing the various parts of the dragon boat, according to the image of the dragon boat with glue to paste separately.

Glue the whole set on the box.

Then paste the graphics of the various parts of the dragon boat on the box, the dragon head should be pasted inside the box, the dragon tail assembled in the box 's back, the decorative graphics and paddles directly on the box, pay attention to the decorative graphics of the color match, as shown in the figure below.

Paste a set of graphics on the other side of the dragon boat to add a sense of three-dimensionality.

The dragon boat is only pasted on one side, the cardboard will be a little wobbly, then the other side of the dragon boat is also pasted on a set of graphics to increase the sense of three-dimensional, as shown in the figure below. In this way, a complete image of the handmade dragon boat is ready. Dragon boat is the symbol of the Dragon Boat Festival, let's do it together!

Dragon Boat Racing at Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Racing is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in China, and one of the most important festive folklore activities of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is prevalent in the southern region of China, and also in the north near the rivers and lakes of the city there are also Dragon Boat Racing customs, and most of them are the form of paddling a dry Dragon Boat Dance Dragon Boat.

On the origin of dragon boat racing, there are many ways of saying, there are sacrifices to Cao E, sacrifices to Qu Yuan, sacrifices to the water god or dragon god and other ritual activities, its origin can be traced back to the Warring States period. Dragon boat racing has been introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and the United Kingdom, and is the official competition of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. 2011 May 23, dragon boat racing was approved by the State Council to be included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in ancient times when the people of Chu could not bear to see the wise minister Qu Yuan throw himself into the river to die, and many people rowed boats to catch up to save him. They scrambled, chased to Dongting Lake when they disappeared. After that, they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it. The dragon boat is used to disperse the fish in the river, so that the fish will not eat Qu Yuan's body. The practice of racing, prevalent in Wu, Yue, Chu.

There is also a saying that it is in honor of Wu Zixu and Cao E. The legend has it that Wu Zixu was slandered by his wife. Legend has it that Wu Zixu, who was slandered by the king of Wu, was thrown into the waves of the Qiantang River by the king of Wu, and was rescued by Cao E in her boat. "On the fifth day of the fifth month, when it was time to welcome Wu Jun, he went up against the waves and was flooded by the water" (Cao E Stele). The later generations then rowed a dragon boat to save Wu Jun's life.

People in different regions also gave the dragon boat race different symbols. Different ethnic groups, different regions, dragon boat legends and time are different, but most of the region near the rivers, lakes and seas, the annual Dragon Boat Festival will be held in their own characteristics of the dragon boat racing activities.

Dragon Boat Racing Legends

In honor of Qu Yuan said

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, "Qu Yuan Jia Sheng Lianzhuan," Qu Yuan was a minister of King Huai of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated the idea of raising a virtuous and capable person, enriching the country and strengthening the army, and uniting Qi and Qin to fight against the Qin Dynasty, which was strongly opposed by the aristocrats, such as Zilan, and Qu Yuan was forced to leave his post, and was driven out of the capital city, and was exiled to the Yuan and Xiang River Basins. While in exile, he wrote the immortal poems "Li Sao" and "The Question of Heaven" and "The Nine Songs", in which he worried about his country and the people. In 278 B.C., the Qin army attacked the capital of Chu, and Qu Yuan could not bear to abandon his country, so on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, after writing his final poem "Huai Sha", he threw himself into the Miluo River and died.

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu mourned his death and flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to him. The fishermen rowed their boats up and down the river to salvage his real body. They scrambled and chased him to Dongting Lake when he was nowhere to be seen. After that, every year on May 5, they rowed dragon boats to commemorate him. The dragon boat is used to disperse the fish in the river, so that the fish do not eat Qu Yuan's body.

In Miluo County, Hunan, before the race must first go to the temple of Qu Zi Chao temple, will be the dragon head for worship in the word of God in the Weng, Phi red cloth on the dragon head, and then An dragon head on the boat race, both worship the Dragon God, but also to commemorate the Qu Yuan. And in zigui, hometown of qu yuan in hubei province, there are also rituals to worship qu yuan. The custom of worshipping Qu Yuan is recorded in "Sui Shu - Geography": "The swift oars and oars run in unison, and the rowing songs sound chaotically, clamorously vibrating the land and water, and the spectators are like clouds." Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his own note: "The competition for the ferry began in Wuling, and now the oars are lifted and the sound is called out to the people: "Ho, the meaning of Swamp Qu."

Yuanling Discus said

As early as before Qu Yuan, Yuanling has a dragon boat. The Yuanling dragon boat originated in ancient times, and the object of worship is the ancestor of the five streams of various tribes **** with the same Pan gourd. He had settled in a stone cave in Yuanling's Half Creek and gave birth to six sons and six daughters, who married each other and multiplied into six ethnic groups: Miao, Yao, Dong, Tu, She and Li. After his death, the six ethnic groups invited the gods and wizards to invoke his spirit. Because of the dense water in Yuanling, the sorcerers did not know where his soul had fallen, so they had the tribes build a dragon boat and searched for him by stream and river, which evolved into the later ritual of rowing a boat to invoke his soul. The Yuanling dragon boat originated 5,000 years ago, more than 3,000 years earlier than the commemoration of Qu Yuan.

Honoring the Dragon God

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was no river on the west bank, just a small, dirty ditch. One day, a fisherman caught a small snake in the ditch. The snake was so strange that it had nine shining scales on its tail. When the fisherman touched his hand to the scales, the snake's eyes shone with a begging light, very pitiful. The fisherman had compassion, stroked its scales, and put it back into the ditch.

Who knows, the nine scales suddenly fall off, the snake long body and dance, into a small dragon. Originally, it is a heavenly dragon, because of the violation of the rules of the sky, by the Jade Emperor punishment, only become this appearance. Nine locks were added to its tail - the nine shining scales on the little snake's tail. The Jade Emperor once said, "This lock can only be opened if you get human yang qi." Just now the fisherman inadvertently opened the thousand-year yoke on the little dragon.

The little dragon thanked the fisherman and kept flipping in the ditch, and spewed out water from its mouth to pour into the small ditch. Slowly, the small ditch turned into a big river (West Bank River), and the river brought a good harvest to the West Bank. In honor of the dragon, people call the villages along the river Dragon Head Village, Shanglongshou and other villages. On the day of the ascension of the dragon, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival, held a dragon boat race, to celebrate.

Duanwu alias

Duanwu Festival

"Duan" word means "initial", so "Duanwu" is "initial". According to the calendar, May is the month of "Wu", so "Duanwu" has gradually evolved into "Duanwu". The Yanjing chronicle recorded: "the first five for the May single five, cover the "end" of the word transcription also."

Duanyang Festival

According to the "Jing Chu chronicle" records, because of the mid-summer, Shunyang in the upper, May is the mid-summer, it is the first day of the afternoon is the first day to climb the Shunyang weather is good, it is known as the first five days of May for the "Festival of the Dragon Boat Festival".

Dragon Boat Festival

"Wu", belonging to the twelve branches of the earth, the lunar calendar in May for the month of Wu, Wu, Wu homophonic, five, five heavy, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "Dragon Boat Festival" or "Heavy five Festival ", some places also called "May Festival".

Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Racing is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is very popular in southern China, especially in Guangdong, where it is known as the Dragon Boat Racing. It is the earliest when the ancient Yue people sacrificed to the god of the water or the dragon god of a ritual activity, its origin may have begun at the end of primitive society. Dragon boat race has a long history, has been passed down for more than two thousand years, is a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment programs, mostly held in festivals, is a multi-person collective paddle race. After spreading abroad, by the people of various countries and the formation of international competitions.

When the five floods

In some rural areas of Shanghai, by the north shore of Hangzhou Bay area, such as Fengxian, Nanhui and other areas, customarily referred to as the "Duanwu Festival" as "when the five floods".

Tianzhong Festival

This name is based on the yin and yang techniques. The Ming Dynasty Tian Rucheng "West Lake Tour Zhiyu - Volume 20 - Xichao music": "Dragon Boat Festival for the days in the festival, because the afternoon sun traveling to the middle of the sky, reaching the point, especially at noon, so it is called the days in the festival". Japan to May 5 for the "Men's Day", may also be according to the Festival of Heaven and China, because it is believed that only men uphold the heaven and earth through the gas.

Bath Orchid Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is in mid-summer, is the season of skin diseases, the ancients to orchid soup bath to remove dirt as a custom. In the Han Dynasty, the "Dai Dai Ritual" said: "The day of the afternoon to orchid soup bath".

Zong Festival

Ancient Dragon Boat Festival eating zong, there are comparisons between the length of the zong leaves, the longer for the winning game, so there is a "Zong Festival" said.

Daughter's Day

Ming Shen Bang "Wan Department Miscellany": "May Daughter's Day, the Department of the Dragon Boat Festival, wear Ai leaves, five poison talisman. Wan custom from the first to the fifth day of May, decorated with a small girl, all the state extremely research. Married women also return to the Ning, called for the Daughter's Day."

The end of the festival

In southern Hunan along the ancient custom, in the coming summer in the "fifth of May", in the door hanging ai leaves, with ai leaves bath mosquito repellent a baptism. People believe that after the baptism, can drive away malaria, to be able to safely through the summer mosquito season.

Calamus Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival in addition to the ancient totem festival is also a "disease prevention" festival. Ancient people believed that "heavy noon" is a taboo day, when the five poisons out, so the Dragon Boat Festival customs are mostly to drive away evil spirits to avoid poison, such as hanging calamus, moxa leaves, etc., so the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "calamus festival".