History of Dragon Boat Race

1. The history of dragon boat racing mainly includes the following contents:

One theory is to commemorate Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who trained the navy and defeated Wu. "The story of crossing the sea spreads to the clouds, and the competition begins with Gou Jian, the king of Yue, and now the dragon boat is also." ("Things are primitive? Duanyang) wuyue went to war, and Gou Jian was defeated and captured. He lived in the State of Wu for three years, gained the trust of Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and was put back to Yue. After returning home, he was determined to avenge himself. On the fifth day of May of that year, the Navy was established and began to practice. Finally, a few years later, Wu was wiped out in one fell swoop. In order to show Gou Jian's indomitable spirit, later generations followed the practice of the Yue navy and rowed a boat race on May 5 as a souvenir.

Second, to commemorate the legend of Wu Zixu and Cao E, Wu Zixu was slandered by Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, and ordered to throw him into the waves of Qiantang River and sail to save him. "Meet Wu Jun on May 5th, swim against the waves and be submerged" (Cao Ebei). Later generations rowed dragon boats to rescue soldiers.

Third, in memory of Chu doctor Qu Yuan. This statement is generally accepted, and its written record began in the book "Continued Harmony" written by Liang people in the Southern Dynasties: "Chu doctor Qu Yuan died in the Miluo River, and the Chu people mourned it and saved it with a boat. Running in Duanyang is a legacy. "

All these statements have their own reasons, but they fail to clarify the most basic question: whether it is to commemorate someone, or to "welcome the summer solstice day" or "avoid evil days", why should the "dragon boat" competition be held? In other words, why race "Dragon Boat" instead of other "boats"?

To answer this question, we have to start with the basic divinity of dragons. As we have said, the dragon has the divinity of loving water, being good at flying, being fickle and seeking happiness, and has the department of spreading sex and managing water. Since there is such divinity and priesthood, it is natural to be worshipped by people of all ethnic groups living in rivers and lakes. Worship consciousness must be externalized into concrete behavior. These behaviors include: offering sacrifices to the gods, offering human delicacies to the gods, accompanied by incense for them to enjoy leisurely; Entertain God, sing and dance, and find ways to make God happy; Imitating God, imitating God's behavior and form shows that he has a close relationship with God and things, and he is endowed with "divinity", so that he can "vividly present God". This is probably the deep motivation of "Dragon Boat Race". It is believed that through the huge dragon boat race, the dragon's mind in the sky and water can be induced, and great entertainment can be obtained, so that the divinity can be revived, and the clergy can do their best to bless one side with good weather and abundant crops. At the same time, it also makes people endow themselves with dragons, strong and vigorous like dragons, and then fear refuge. As for the commemoration of so-and-so, it is just a side event. The reason is probably that the humanity of these outstanding people and the divinity of the dragon are common, and they share part of the dragon's priesthood. For example, Wu Zixu was once known as the "Narcissus", "Shen Tao", "Tide God" and "River God" in the waters of the Yangtze River. Qu Yuan was also named "King Shunzhi of Guangyuan", and it was said that "Jiang Shen was the doctor of Chu Qu Yuan".

2. The historical origin of the birth of China Folk Dragon Boat Race. Dragon boat rowing is the biggest mass in Qu Yuan's hometown. With the sound of gongs and drums and the singing of "Evocation Song", people from all over the country gathered on both sides of Xiling Gorge to row dragon boats in memory of Qu Yuan. Where does "race" come from? Liang Zongshen of the Southern Dynasties recorded in the Chronicle of Jingchu: "On May 5th, Qu Yuan was used to competing in Miluo, hurting his life, so he ordered a boat to save him." "Sui Shu and Geography" recorded in more detail: "In May, Qu Yuan went to Miluo, and the natives chased him to Dongting, but there was no boat in the lake. Because drums are played, competitions will be held in pavilions, and this custom will be passed down from generation to generation. It was a race show, with lightning speed and loud songs that shook the land and water. All counties are natural, especially Nanjun. " It can be seen that the dragon boat race in the Sui Dynasty has evolved into a kind of "competition drama" with a huge audience.

3. Historical Dragon Boat Race:

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat 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, the "Dragon Boat Race" existed as early as the Warring States Period. Carving dragon-shaped canoes in drums and playing race games are semi-religious and semi-entertaining programs to entertain gods and people in the ceremony.

Later, people everywhere not only commemorated Qu Yuan, but also gave different meanings to dragon boat racing.

Dragon boat rowing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is of great significance to commemorate Qiu Jin, a native-born modern female democratic revolutionary. The night dragon boat is decorated with lights and shuttles, and the scene is moving and interesting. The Miao people in Guizhou hold the Dragon Boat Festival from May 25th to 28th of the lunar calendar to celebrate the success of transplanting rice and wish a bumper harvest. Yunnan Dai compatriots competed in dragon boat races at the Water-splashing Festival to commemorate the ancient hero Yan Hongwo. Different nationalities and regions have different legends about dragon boat rowing. To this day, dragon boat races with different characteristics are held every year in many areas near rivers and lakes in the south.

In the 29th year of Qing Qianlong (1736), Taiwan Province Province began to hold dragon boat races. At that time, Jiang, the chief executive of Taiwan Province Province, held a friendly match in Fukeji Half Moon Pool in Tainan City. Now, Taiwan Province Province holds a dragon boat race on May 5th every year. In Hong Kong, races are also held.

In addition, dragon boat racing was first introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and Britain. From 65438 to 0980, the dragon boat race was included in the national sports competition in China, and the "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race was held every year. 1991June 16 (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), the first international dragon boat festival was held in Yueyang, China, Qu Yuan's second hometown. Holding the "Dragon Head Festival" before the competition not only retains the traditional ceremony, but also injects new modern factors. The "dragon head" was carried into Quzi Temple. After the athletes painted the dragon head red (tied with a red ribbon), the priest read out the sacrificial ceremony and "lit up" the dragon head. Then, all the people who took part in the Dragon Boat Festival bowed three times, carried the dragon head to the Guluo River and hurried to the dragon boat race. More than 600,000 people participated in competitions, expositions and evening activities, which is unprecedented. Since then, Hunan has regularly held the International Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat races will be widely spread all over the world.

4. The history of dragon boat racing is over 1500 years in China. Dragon boat race is also called dragon boat race. There are three theories about the origin of dragon boat race. On commemorating qu yuan. It is said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May. After being discovered by the local people, everyone rowed desperately to save him. Later, it evolved into the custom of holding dragon boat races on the Dragon Boat Festival. The second is to commemorate Wu Zixu, the general of Wu State; The third theory is related to Gou Jian, the king of Yue.

Wuyue is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers and lakes criss-crossing. People are used to taking boats instead of cars, and they are very qualified to form the custom of racing.

The custom of dragon boat racing is widely popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and southwest ethnic minority areas. For thousands of years, dragon boat racing has become a large-scale folk entertainment. Although ancient dragon boat races were not necessarily held during the Dragon Boat Festival, they are now mostly held around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. It can also be seen from this point that the saying that dragon boat racing originated from saving Qu Yuan has a greater influence among the masses.

5. The origin and historical legend of the dragon boat After the death of Qu Yuan, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fisherman paddled the boat and fished for his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out rice balls, eggs and other foods prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river, saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs were full and would not bite the doctor. People followed suit after seeing it. An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk to make it develop into brown seeds. Later, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, there was the custom of rowing dragon boats, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine. In memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

Another legend says that after Qu Yuan's death, all the food people sacrificed to Qu Yuan was taken away by dragons. But Xiaolong was afraid of neem leaves and colored silk thread, so people wrapped rice into brown seeds to sacrifice to Qu Yuan. It is said that the dragon boat race is to salvage Qu Yuan's body.

6. The history of the dragon boat race constitutes the history of the dragon boat race.

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat 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, the "Dragon Boat Race" existed as early as the Warring States Period. Carving dragon-shaped canoes in drums and playing race games are semi-religious and semi-entertaining programs to entertain gods and people in the ceremony.

Later, people everywhere not only commemorated Qu Yuan, but also gave different meanings to dragon boat racing.

Dragon boat rowing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is of great significance to commemorate Qiu Jin, a native-born modern female democratic revolutionary. The night dragon boat is decorated with lights and shuttles, and the scene is moving and interesting. The Miao people in Guizhou hold the Dragon Boat Festival from May 25th to 28th of the lunar calendar to celebrate the success of transplanting rice and wish a bumper harvest. Yunnan Dai compatriots competed in dragon boat races at the Water-splashing Festival to commemorate the ancient hero Yan Hongwo. Different nationalities and regions have different legends about dragon boat rowing. To this day, dragon boat races with different characteristics are held every year in many areas near rivers and lakes in the south.

In the 29th year of Qing Qianlong (1736), Taiwan Province Province began to hold dragon boat races. At that time, Jiang, the chief executive of Taiwan Province Province, held a friendly match in Fukeji Half Moon Pool in Tainan City. Now, Taiwan Province Province holds a dragon boat race on May 5th every year. In Hong Kong, races are also held.

In addition, dragon boat racing was first introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and Britain. From 65438 to 0980, the dragon boat race was included in the national sports competition in China, and the "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race was held every year. 1991June 16 (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), the first international dragon boat festival was held in Yueyang, China, Qu Yuan's second hometown. Holding the "Dragon Head Festival" before the competition not only retains the traditional ceremony, but also injects new modern factors. The "dragon head" was carried into Quzi Temple. After the athletes painted the dragon head red (tied with a red ribbon), the priest read out the sacrificial ceremony and "lit up" the dragon head. Then, all the people who took part in the Dragon Boat Festival bowed three times, carried the dragon head to the Guluo River and hurried to the dragon boat race. More than 600,000 people participated in competitions, expositions and evening activities, which is unprecedented. Since then, Hunan has regularly held the International Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat races will be widely spread all over the world.

7. Historical Significance of Dragon Boat Race The historical significance of Dragon Boat Race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival.

According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake.

After that, I will row a dragon boat 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, the "Dragon Boat Race" existed as early as the Warring States Period.

Carving dragon-shaped canoes in drums and playing race games are semi-religious and semi-entertaining programs to entertain gods and people in the ceremony. Later, people everywhere not only commemorated Qu Yuan, but also gave different meanings to dragon boat racing.

Dragon boat rowing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is of great significance to commemorate Qiu Jin, a native-born modern female democratic revolutionary. The night dragon boat is decorated with lights and shuttles, and the scene is moving and interesting.

The Miao people in Guizhou hold the Dragon Boat Festival from May 25th to 28th of the lunar calendar to celebrate the success of transplanting rice and wish a bumper harvest. Yunnan Dai compatriots competed in dragon boat races at the Water-splashing Festival to commemorate the ancient hero Yan Hongwo.

Different nationalities and regions have different legends about dragon boat rowing. To this day, dragon boat races with different characteristics are held every year in many areas near rivers and lakes in the south.

In the 29th year of Qing Qianlong (1736), Taiwan Province Province began to hold dragon boat races. At that time, Jiang, the chief executive of Taiwan Province Province, held a friendly match in Fukeji Half Moon Pool in Tainan City.

Now, Taiwan Province Province holds a dragon boat race on May 5th every year. In Hong Kong, races are also held.

In addition, dragon boat racing was first introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and Britain. From 65438 to 0980, the dragon boat race was included in the national sports competition in China, and the "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race was held every year.

1991June 16 (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), the first international dragon boat festival was held in Yueyang, China, Qu Yuan's second hometown. Holding the "Dragon Head Festival" before the competition not only retains the traditional ceremony, but also injects new modern factors.

The "dragon head" was carried into Quzi Temple. After the athletes painted the dragon head red (tied with a red ribbon), the priest read out the sacrificial ceremony and "lit up" the dragon head. Then, all the people who took part in the Dragon Boat Festival bowed three times, carried the dragon head to the Guluo River and hurried to the dragon boat race.

More than 600,000 people participated in competitions, expositions and evening activities, which is unprecedented. Since then, Hunan has regularly held the International Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon boat races will be widely spread all over the world.

8. The history of dragon boat racing is 1500 years in China. Dragon boat race is also called dragon boat race. There are three theories about the origin of dragon boat race. On commemorating qu yuan. It is said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May. After being discovered by the local people, everyone rowed desperately to save him. Later, it evolved into the custom of holding dragon boat races on the Dragon Boat Festival. The second is to commemorate Wu Zixu, the general of Wu State; The third theory is related to Gou Jian, the king of Yue.

Wuyue is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers and lakes criss-crossing. People are used to taking boats instead of cars, and they are very qualified to form the custom of racing.

The custom of dragon boat racing is widely popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and southwest ethnic minority areas. For thousands of years, dragon boat racing has become a large-scale folk entertainment. Although ancient dragon boat races were not necessarily held during the Dragon Boat Festival, they are now mostly held around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. It can also be seen from this point that the saying that dragon boat racing originated from saving Qu Yuan has a greater influence among the masses.