After 1 hour's trek, we came to Zhongshan Ancient Town in Jiangjin, where a dragon boat race was held. Because of the rain in the morning, the dragon boat race in the morning was changed to the afternoon (sunny afternoon). Seeing that I was very interested in dragon boat racing, my father introduced me in an endless stream: "Dragon boat racing is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is very popular in southern China. It is a traditional folk water sports entertainment in China, which has been circulated for more than two thousand years. It is a multi-person collective rowing competition. Dragon boat race is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. The captain is generally 20-30 meters, and each ship has about 30 people. 26 rowers, helmsman 1, 2 drummers, choir 1. " I nodded, puzzled.
In the afternoon, we walked out of the inn and came to the river. The diaojiao building by the river hangs on the rocks. In order to keep out the strong sunshine, blue cloth is hung on the balcony of every household. We walked across the stone bridge and walked on. ...
"wow! Look at the dragon boat! " Cousin cried, "Really!" You see, the colors of dragon boats are different: bright red, bright yellow, dull black and refreshing blue. It turns out that the color of the dragon boat is determined by the paint painted by the color of the Four Seas Dragon King.
Hardly had we reached the river when the rowers appeared. Drink it. It's all strong. People on different dragon boats wear vests of different colors. "Please sit down!" The referee shouted with a megaphone. Rowers take their positions according to the serial number. " 1——2——3! Go! "
Suddenly, the drums were beating loudly, and the shouts of the audience and the voices of the athletes merged and resounded through the sky. The players paddled the wooden oars hard. Then, the boats moved slowly, and gradually, every boat became faster and faster, as if floating on the water without a ripple. Gradually, the red dragon boat gradually surpassed other dragon boats. The black dragon boat is obviously short of physical strength and lags behind other dragon boats. Ah, there are only 30 meters left, 25 meters, 20 meters. The red dragon boat is far ahead, and the blue dragon boat is catching up. The two dragons are neck and neck. 10 meter, only 5 meters left! Ah, the blue dragon boat is ahead. In the end, I don't need to say that the blue dragon boat won. After the blue dragon boat rowers disembarked, they all hugged each other to show their joy. After watching the game, I reluctantly left the picturesque Zhongshan ancient town.
I think this year's Dragon Boat Festival is the most interesting. Because this Dragon Boat Festival made me understand the folk customs.