As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the drums of the dragon boats drift along with the fragrance of rice dumpling leaves in the corners of the land of Guangdong Province. The lively “dragons” href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabylanBoat Season” gradually kicked off. Among the many dragon boats of different shapes, the “Swallowtail Dragon Boat” has become the most unforgettable Dragon Boat Festival memory for fresh people with its unique local characteristics. Regarding the origin of “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat racing”, although the Qingyuan County Chronicle of the Republic of China also said that “Cinema also has a small boat, and three or five people cut it off, and there is no dragon shape. This is purely a play of fighting and a legacy of Yangzhou. However, after field investigation, it was found that Komiks was formed. Its formation is related to the unique geographical environment and folk roots of the local customs.
The origin of “three-person swallowtail dragon boat racing” is a variety of legends, and the four representative ones are as follows.
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Huainanzi·Qi Su Xun” says: “Hu people are convenient for horses, and Yue people are convenient for Babaylanboats. “In ancient times, Lingnan was mostly water network areas. People often used boats to travel, and boats were used as production tools and transportation. People rowed and competed in labor or leisure, and included entertainment in labor production and leisure. This was the prototype of the ancient ferry of “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat racing”. Shantang Town is close to the Beijiang River, located in a low-lying place, mostly continental land, and Babaylan water networks are crisscrossing, and floods occur every year. Whenever the rice harvest season 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 was baptized and drought, but it was more than drought. When the river overflows, those who farm will suffer great losses. ”In order to facilitate the harvest of rice and other crops, the people can only carry a small boat to travel in the fields, reaching out to harvest rice and crops on the surface of Cinema. Over time, in order to grab food with the God of Heaven and reduce losses, rowing activities spontaneously formed between the villages and the tribesmen. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks
2. The origin of the 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. Cinema is the throat of the waterway. During the field survey, we heard the local old people tell the story of Komiks, saying that this kind of small boat was a boat ride by sailors (boat soldiers) in the old days. There were few people and fast boats, which were 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 Western Han army heading south through the Xijiang River to attack Nanyue.
The fresh “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat” and the “five-person dragon boat” in the Pearl River Delta are similar in boat shape, materials, and competitive methods. Cinema is the same as the “Three-five-man-defeated dragon boat” in the Republic of China version of the Qingyuan County Chronicles.. The former three people took them off and were active in the middle and lower reaches of the Beijiang River. The latter group is in groups of five, and is popular in Foshan and Zhongshan areas, especially in Baini Town on Xijiang.
Whether this long-shaped boat “three-five-man dragon boat” 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, it still needs to be further studied.
3. Origin theory of welcoming gods and exorcising ghosts
Most of the villages in Shantang Town are built next to the inland river. In ancient times, whenever floods occurred, Komiks “water ghosts” became the main culprit for endangering life. In order to drive away the “water ghosts”, the villages spontaneously organized a “dwatching team of ghosts to expel ghosts”. Young people and young people all joined the battle, supporting their own dowatching boats to expel ghosts from the upper reaches of the river to the lower reaches, and Babaylan set off a large number of firecrackers to drive away firecrackers to drive away and cheer.
4. The Origin of Games
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 picking dragon boats”, and the “playing” in it reflects the psychology of the game. Game prizes have also changed to competitive prizes. In order to mobilize the motivation to participate in games (competition), the prizes are becoming more and more abundant, and the amount of prizes is also increasing 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