The folding method of dragon boat folding paper boat is as follows:

1. Prepare a rectangular piece of colored paper.

2. Fold in half along the center line twice.

3. Along the second fold line, fold the left and right sides toward the center line.

4. Fold the two sides of the top downwards respectively.

5. Fold the four corners of the folded edge as shown in the picture below.

6. Fold the isosceles triangle above into a square as shown in the picture below.

7. Fold the corners on both sides downward to form an isosceles triangle.

8. Follow the same method as step 6, and fold the isosceles triangle above into a square as shown in the picture below.

9. Expand the two corners pinched by hands in the picture to both sides to form the preliminary shape of the boat.

10. After a little tidying up, a small boat was folded.

Dragon boat is a dragon-shaped boat used for ferry racing during the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival of the Han nationality. It was originally a festival for the Chinese people to cure diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, there was a custom of holding dragon totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat racing on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan passed away on this day, it became a tradition for the Chinese Han people to commemorate Qu Yuan. Holiday customs.

It is also one of the representatives of the Han dragon totem culture. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, dragon boat racing was popular in Wu, Yue, and Chu. It was very popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties at the latest. After spreading abroad, it was deeply loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition.