Dragon-boat Racing

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Dragon Boat Race

Applicant: Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province

Project No.: 1148

Project No.: VI - 65

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional sports, recreation and acrobatics

Region: Guizhou Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province

Protection unit: Zhenyuan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

Introduction to Dragon Boat Race:

Applicant: Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province

Zhenyuan dragon boat race is a traditional sports and cultural activity with multi-ethnic participation. On the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhenyuan County of Guizhou province holds dragon boat races mainly, including traditional dragon sacrifice ceremony, dragon and lion dance, river boat race, duck snatching in the water, river lantern, fireworks and artistic performance.

In ancient times, the town was far from the state of Chu. Since ancient times, people in Zhenyuan have the custom of racing dragon boats to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. As early as the Ming Dynasty, Zhenyuan has been known as the "hometown of dragon boats". According to the general annals of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty, "zhenyuanfu, a dragon boat race, is close to the river and convenient for boat transportation." He who tugs the boat to get the first ferry is good at everything The custom of people of all ethnic groups competing on the Dragon Boat Festival in order to get peace and good fortune has been passed down from generation to generation.

Since the 1980s, dragon boat racing has become more active. In the mid-1990s, "Zhenyuan Duanyang Dragon Boat Festival" was officially named, and it is now the 26th.