1, Miluo, Hunan

The dragon boat race in Miluo, Hunan, is a custom formed in honor of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan. On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 278 B.C., Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River with a grudge, and people have taken this day as the anniversary of Qu Yuan's death, and the dragon boat here is the most authentic dragon boat with historical meaning.

2, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Qiantang River dragon boat race custom has a long history, the ancient book "Hangzhou Prefecture" has recorded, this activity is to commemorate the Wu general Wu Zixu set up.

3, Erhai, Yunnan

There is another legend about the dragon boat race in Erhai, Yunnan: it is said that during the Nanzhao period, a python suddenly appeared in the Erhai Sea, specializing in eating people and animals, and then a warrior, Duan Chicheng, who was armed with 12 steel swords to rid the people of the evils of the people, was swallowed by the python into the abdomen, and so he stabbed the python with a steel sword in its belly and the python was stabbed to death, and he disappeared into the Erhai Sea, so local people drove boats to have a long time to go. So the local people drove their boats to salvage them, and the annual custom of dragon boat racing was formed.

4, Wuhan Han River

Wuhan Han River dragon boat race is also to commemorate the Qu Yuan, because Qu Yuan was exiled at the time had wandered in the Han River, so also here is rumored to be the afternoon dragon boat haunted the city of Han River, the Chu custom of hanging Qu Yuan son.

5, Sichuan Wanxian

Located in Wanxian on the Yangtze River, the dragon boat race is also set up to commemorate Qu Yuan, a dragon boat to accommodate 70 to 80 people, the dragon boat race began to shake the drums and shouting, paddling amplitude along with the drums, a drum and a paddle, a bustling, lively, and every year to come to watch this race of the dragon boat people flocked to.

6, Yunnan Dehong

The Dragon Boat Race here is to commemorate a local hero, it is said that the Dai hero of Yunnan rock red nest is upright and upright, specializing in fighting for the poor, and then because of dissatisfaction with the power of the dictatorship on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar to throw the river to die, the local people in order to commemorate him on the fifth of the month to organize the Dragon Boat Race to honor the hero.

Expanded Information:

Duanwu Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race Origin Story:

Legend has it that after the death of Qu Yuan, the people of the state of Chu were in mourning, and they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fishermen rowed up their boats and went back and forth on 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 will not eat Qu Yuan's body.

In Miluo City, Hunan Province, before the race must first go to the temple of the Qu Zi Temple, will be the dragon head for worship in the ancestral temple of God, Phi red cloth on the dragon head, and then installed the dragon head in 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 worshipping qu yuan's rituals circulated.

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