As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the drums of the dragon boats drift in every corner of the land of Guangdong with the fragrance of rice dumplings, and the lively “Dragon Boat Season” gradually kicks off. Among the many dragon boats of different shapes, the “Swallowtail Dragon Boat” has become the most engraved Dragon Boat Festival memory of the 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 said that “there are also small boats, and three or five people scattered them, but there is no dragon shape. This is purely a fighting drama and a legacy of Yangzhou.” However, after field investigations, it was found that its formation was related to the 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. BabaylanThe Origin of Labor
Huainanzi·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, and people often used Cinema boats to travel, using boats as production tools and transportation tools. People row and compete in labor and leisure while catching fish and shrimps, and enjoy the work of production and leisure. This is the prototype of the ancient ferry of “Three People Swallowtail Dragon Boat Racing”.
Shantang Town is located in a low-lying state, mostly continental areas, and water networkThere are floods every year. Whenever the rice harvest is harvested, it is mostly during floods. The Qingyuan County Chronicle in the sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty said: “The continents are baptized and drought, but they are more likely to be drought. When the rivers overflow, those who plow will suffer a lot of losses.” In order to facilitate harvesting rice and other crops, the people can only travel to the fields with a small boat and reach out to harvest rice and crops exposed to the water. Over time, for Komiks and the God of Heaven to grab food and reduce losses, rowing activities spontaneously formed between villages and tribesmen.
2. The Origin of the Boat Soldier
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. During field surveys, we listened to local old people telling stories, saying that this kind of small boat was a boat that was used by the old water soldiers. There were few people and the boats were fast, making it easy to attack the enemy. The locals introduced that this was related to Saihe Boat, and it was also related to the Qin Dynasty and Western Han army heading south to attack Nanyue through the Xijiang River.
Fresh “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat” and Komiks Pearl River DeltaKomiks are similar in boat shape, materials, and competitive methods, and are the same as those recorded in the “Three or Five-person Dragon Boat” 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 group is in groups of five, and is popular in Foshan and Zhongshan areas, especially Babaylan is Baini Town on the Xijiang River.
Is this long-shaped boat “three-five-man dragon boat” related to Beijiang?s://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan and Xijiang RiverKomiks Whether it is related to the Southern Ark Warriors during the Qin and Han Dynasties, it still needs to be further studied.
3. The origin theory of the origin of the gods and exorcising ghostsBabaylan
Most of the villages in Shantang Town were built next to the inland river. In ancient times, whenever floods were flooded, “water ghosts” became the main culprit of life-threatening KomiksThe culprit. In order to drive away the “water ghosts”, the villages spontaneously organized a “swallowtail boat ghost-driving team”. Young and middle-aged people joined forces to drive away ghosts from the upper reaches of the river to the lower reaches of the river, and set off a large number of firecrackers to scare and cheer.
IV. Origin of the game
Ancient games were an important part of the origin of human culture. The three-person swallow-tail dragon boat racing activity has the original game component. Locals often use the word “play”. It means “playing CinemaPlaying dragonBabylanboat”, the “play” in it reflects the game psychology. Game prizes have also changed to Komiks competitive prizes. In order to mobilize the motivation to participate in the game (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 Competition”)
Provided by | Editor Yang Yingyu | Liang Xingwu Source | Yangcheng Evening News Publishing House