As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the drums of dragon boats drift in every corner of the land of Guangdong with the fragrance of rice dumplings, and the hot “dragon boat season” gradually kicks off. Among the many dragon boats of different shapes, the “Swallowtail Dragon Boat” has become the most unforgettable Dragon Boat Festival memory for its unique local characteristics.
About the origin of “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat racing”, although the “Qingyuan County Chronicles” of the Republic of China states that “there are also small boats, and three or five people are stripped of them, and there is no dragon shape, this is purely a fighting drama and a legacy of Yangzhou”, it was found through field investigation that its formation is related to the unique local geographical environment of Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw‘s unique local geographical environment and folk customs.
There are many legends about the origin of “three-person swallowtail dragon boat racing”, and the four representative ones are as follows.
1. The Origin of Labor
The Huainan Zi·Qi Suxu” says: “Hu people are convenient for horses, and Yue people are convenient for boats.” In ancient times, Lingnan was mostly a water network area. People often used boats to travel, and used boats as production tools and means of transportation. People are catching fish and shrimpstps://comicmov.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw‘s Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘s Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘s Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘s Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘s ancient ferry.
Shantang Town is close to Beijiang and is located in a low-lying manner. Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw is mostly continental land, and the water network is horizontal, and floods occur every year. Whenever the rice harvest is harvested, it is mostly during floods. The Qingyuan County Chronicles in the sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty said: “The continental land is baptized and drought, but it is more than drought. When the river overflows, those who farm will suffer great losses. “In order to facilitate harvesting rice and other crops, ordinary people could only carry a small boat to travel in the fields and reach out to harvest rice and crops exposed to the water. Over time, in order to grab food with the God of Heaven and reduce losses, rowing activities spontaneously formed between villages and clansmen.
2. Origin theory of boat soldiers
Shantang Town, Qingxin District, Shijiao Town and Longtang Town in Qingcheng District, are located in the middle and lower reaches of the Beijiang River, and are the throat of the waterway.Babaylan 1990 cloth draw. During field surveys, we listened to local old people telling stories, saying that this small boat was a sailor in the old days (Boat soldiers) The boats and oars are small and fast, and they are easy to attack the enemy. The locals introduced that this is related to the Saihe boat, and it is also related to the Qin Dynasty and the West.th drawThe Han army went south through the Xijiang River to attack Nanyue.
The fresh “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat” is similar to the “five-person dragon boat” in the Pearl River Delta in terms of boat types, materials, and competitive methods, and is the same as the “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat” recorded in the “Qingyuan County Chronicles” of the Republic of China. The former three people took them off and were active in the middle and lower reaches of the Beijiang River. The latter is in groups of five people, and Babaylan 1990 cloth draw is popular in Foshan and Zhongshan areas, especially in Baini Town on the Xijiang River.
The “three-five-man dragon boat” of Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw is related to the two-way interaction and exchange of cultures in Beijiang and Xijiang, and whether it is related to the Southern Ark soldiers during the Qin and Han dynasties, and still needs further research.
3Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, The Origin Theory of Welcoming Gods and Eliminating Ghosts
Most of the villages in Shantang Town are built next to the inland river. In ancient times, whenever floods occurred, “water ghosts” became the main culprit that endangers life. In order to drive away the “water ghosts”, the villages spontaneously organized a “dwatching team of ghosts to expel ghosts”. Young and middle-aged people joined the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw array, supported their own dovetail boats to drive away ghosts from the upper reaches of the river and set off a large number of firecrackers to scare and help them.
4. GamesKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe Origin of the Drama
Ancient games are an important part of the origin of human culture. The three-person swallowtail dragon boat racing event has the initial game elements. Locals often use the word “play”. It means “playing and snatching dragon boats”, in which”play” reflects the psychology of the game. Game prizes have also changed to competitive prizes. In order to mobilize the motivation to participate in the game, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw (competitive), the prizes are becoming more and more abundant, and the amount of prizes is also being adjusted as the people’s living standards gradually improve.
(This article is excerpted from “Fresh Three-person Swallowtail Dragon Boat Racing”)
Provided by | Editor Yang Yingyu | Source of Liang Xingwu | Yangcheng Evening News Publishing House