Take you to the scene of the dragon boat race
The annual Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Dragon boat racing precedes the Dragon Boat Festival.
This year's dragon boat race is in full swing. Dragon boat racing is a popular folk cultural activity with a long history of more than 2,000 years. It has been successfully included in the intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Langlada factory not only sponsored the event this year, and we repaired and replaced the old LED lighting fixtures along the road on both sides of the river.
How much you know about the history of dragon boat racing?
The dragon boat race began in the Spring and Autumn Period. Dragon Boat race is a traditional custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in ancient times when the people of the state of Chu were reluctant to give up the good minister Qu Yuan to die in the river, many people rowing to save. They rushed to the Dongting Lake, but no trace of it. Then every year on May 5, people rowed dragon boats to commemorate it. Borrow the dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river, so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. During the Spring and Autumn Period, dragon boat race prevailed in the states of Wu, Yue and Chu. The early origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is the worship of the dragon totem, which mainly originates from the primitive tribal belief.