The birthplace of dragon boat is Miluo. Dragon boat is a dragon boat used in the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat race is the main custom of the traditional Han festival Dragon Boat Festival. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a custom of holding dragon totem sacrifice in the form of dragon boat race on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. After the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival custom for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan, and it was also one of the representatives of the Han dragon totem culture.

Historical origin: Dragon Boat Festival is the main custom of the traditional festival of Han nationality. Legend has it that it originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because the Chu people could not bear to part with the sage Qu Yuan and died in the river, many people rowed boats to catch up and save them. They rushed to catch up with each other, but when they got to Dongting Lake, there was no trace of them. Since then, people have been rowing dragon boats on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu. In fact, dragon boat racing existed before Qu Yuan. According to Wen Yiduo's Dragon Boat Festival examination, there was a custom of rowing dragon boats in wuyue water town more than 1000 years ago, in order to pray for avoiding common floods and droughts by offering sacrifices to totem dragon.