Opening ceremony of John Wan Dragon Boat Culture Season: 9: 30am on Saturday, May 15.
Venue: Qilong Square _ Lian Community, Zhengya Village
How to participate: Go by yourself.
Dragon Boat Race is a national intangible cultural heritage protection project in Dongguan, and it is also a folk sports project. It is a traditional cultural project with the largest influence, the longest activity time, the largest number of participants and the most regional landmark in Dongguan, and it is the forerunner of the integrated development of culture and tourism. On the occasion of celebrating the100th anniversary of the founding of China * * * Production Party, it is planned to launch the 20021Dragon Boat Month series (hereinafter referred to as Dragon Boat Month) in May and June. The organizer is scheduled for Saturday, May 15 at 9:30 am.
202 1 the launching ceremony of the Dragon Boat Month and Dragon Boat Culture Season in Dongguan was held in Qilong Square, Zhengya Village, Lianhe Community. On that day, there were also activities such as folk parade, non-legacy market and lion dance performance.
The time for holding the Dragon Boat Championship in Huayang Lake: June 25th (the 16th day of the fifth lunar month) 10:00 to 13:30.
Venue: Huayang Lake National Wetland Park
Event tickets: free.
Inheriting and carrying forward the culture of Ma Yong Dragon Boat and promoting the national fitness campaign, the Ma Yong Dragon Boat Championship will be held in Huayang Lake on June 25th this year (May 16th of the lunar calendar), and exciting gongs and drums will ring happily in the beautiful Huayang Lake.
On this day, the banks of Huayang Lake were very lively, drums and gongs were loud on the shore, spray splashed on the water, and red dragon boats shuttled back and forth on the water. At the command, the dragon boat athletes waved paddles according to the rhythm of drums, cut the waves, race against time, go forward bravely and rush to the finish line. The shouts are getting higher and higher, inspiring and wonderful.
Win every battle and strive for the first place; Qian Fan races, and the brave win. There are three events in this year's competition: men's traditional dragon 800-meter straight race, women's standard dragon 380-meter straight race and enterprises' standard dragon 380-meter straight race. This year's Mayong Dragon Boat Championship, everyone can enjoy the combination of traditional dragon and standard dragon, and ensure that "dragon boat fans" can feast their eyes.
Dragon boat race is one of the customs of China Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also one of the most important folk activities. It widely exists in the south of China, and there are also dragon boat races in cities near rivers, lakes and seas in the north, and most of them are held in the form of dragon boat rowing and dragon boat dancing.
There are many sayings about the origin of dragon boat racing, such as offering sacrifices to Cao E, Qu Yuan, water god or dragon god, which can be traced back to the Warring States period. Dragon boat race was first introduced to Japan, Vietnam, Britain and other neighboring countries, and it was the official event of Guangzhou Asian Games in 20 10.