The pinyin for dragon boat racing is: [sài lóng zhōu].

Dragon boat racing is a traditional Chinese folk sporting event. Most of them are held on festive occasions. The boats are decorated to resemble dragons. Sub green dragon, yellow dragon, white dragon and so on. Race, in the river, river, lake center tree mark, each boat in the same starting point, the boat has a sailor, helmsman, and there is a person knocking drums and gongs command. Within a certain distance, the boats race to win the mark, which is very spectacular. The method and rules of the dragon boat race of various nationalities are slightly different.

The custom of dragon boat racing far earlier than the Warring States period, according to legend, for the Chu people do not want to give up the Qu Yuan threw himself into the river and died, so rowing to look for them, they scrambled, chased to the Dongting Lake is still missing. After that, they paddled dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate Qu Yuan.