What shape is the dragon boat? What are the parts?
There are many styles of dragon boats in Chaoshan. Regular dragon boats have a dragon head, a dragon neck and a dragon tail. The dragon is semi-circular, with length and width ranging from 1.4m to 1.6m, with different lengths. It can accommodate 12 pairs of paddles, 16 pairs of paddles, 32 pairs of paddles, and the longest can accommodate 52 pairs of paddles. Dragon Boat Dividends Dragon, Huanglong, Qinglong and Bailong.
The dragon body and abdomen are drawn according to the appearance of Lin Jia, and various colors are highlighted according to the types of red, yellow, blue and white dragons. Bright and bright colors, beautiful and dazzling patterns. Different colors of beards are hung on different dragon boats, and the signs are prominent.
Dragon boat consists of three parts: dragon head, dragon neck and dragon tail.
Chaoshan dragon boat is as follows:
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The size of dragon boats varies from place to place. The competition is to set sail at the same time within a specified distance, and decide the ranking in turn when reaching the finish line. The dragon boat races of all ethnic groups in China are slightly different. Most Han people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The captain is generally 20-30 meters, and each ship has about 30 sailors.
Miao people hold the Dragon Boat Festival from May 24th to 27th every year. It is about 20m long and 1m wide. It is made up of three straight and thick Chinese fir trees, which are dug into grooves and tied together. There is a mother ship in the middle and sub-ships on both sides. There are 38 sailors on each ship, with an elderly drummer and a child disguised as a woman as a drummer.
In the competition, as soon as the guns were heard, the sailors paddled along with the sound of gongs and drums. The Dai people hold the Water Splashing Festival every year in June and July of the Dai calendar (after Tomb-Sweeping Day 10), and each ship has 600 sailors, 4 helmsmen and 4 pilots. During the competition, one person beat the gong to command, and the sailors paddled forward according to the rhythm of the gong. There are also women involved in this activity.
Dragon boat races have a long history. After it was introduced to foreign countries, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition. 1983, China sent a team to participate in the dragon boat race for the first time, winning two championships in one fell swoop. 1984 International Dragon Boat Race was held in Hong Kong. A total of 16 teams from the United States, Germany, Japan, Britain, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Macau and Hong Kong participated. China won the championship again.