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What is dragon boat water?

Dragon Boat Water, also known as Duanyang Water, Dragon Precipitation and Dragon Boat Festival Water, is a unique natural phenomenon in southern China. Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the warm and humid air current in southern China is active, and when it meets the cold air from north to south in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan and other places, there will often be continuous and large-scale heavy precipitation. When the dragon boat water comes, the water level of the river rises rapidly, which provides a good venue for dragon boat fishing, which is one of the reasons for the name "Dragon Boat Water".

Dragon Boat Water Culture

Besides preparing for the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat water is considered as a good omen by many elders. Do you know why?

Due to the hot weather in midsummer, "dragon boat water" has played a role in cooling down. At the same time, soaking in dragon boat water is a traditional festival custom in southern China. The dragon boat symbolizes good luck, and people call the water crossed by the dragon boat "Daji Water".

Many people use dragon boat to wash their faces and get lucky, because in Guangdong, dragon boat water has always meant to ward off evil spirits, so besides dragon boat, dragon boat water is also an important dragon boat culture.

I didn't expect the rain to bring so much knowledge. In addition to the above, dragon boat water is different from ordinary rainfall, and generally has the characteristics of long duration, high intensity, large accumulated rainfall and wide influence area.

The first flood season in South China is unusually early this year, and there has been a lot of rain since the flood season. Special precautions should be taken against urban waterlogging, floods in small and medium-sized rivers and geological disasters that may be caused by heavy rainfall!