Original title: Dragon boat races in many places continue to beat the drums and open the paddles to let traditional culture be inherited and carried forward in sports
CCTV News: The Dragon Boat Race of the Dragon Boat Festival is the project that best represents the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Customs in different parts of our country are different, and the appearance of the dragon boat and the competition system of the dragon boat race are also different.
Shibing, Guizhou: A nearly 100-meter-long wooden dragon boat cruises the Wuyang River
In Shibing County, southeast Guizhou, a wooden dragon boat exhibition was held yesterday (June 13). 200 Miao girls holding paddles, in a 98.8-meter-long wooden dragon boat, leading more than 30 dragon boat teams and canoe dragon boats to cruise along the Wuyang River. The scene is very spectacular.
Big dragon boat drummer Jiang Hongbiao: The speed of paddling is controlled by the rhythm of our drums. They use no force and are controlled by the heavy sound of our drums. When we refuel and hit it like this, it will be gravitational. Take it back in this way, slow down and fast back. , Slow down and close quickly. I have been playing drums for more than 30 years, and want to pass on the most exciting side to the next generation.
Guizhou Tianzhu: The leader of the wooden row bench celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival with the “Wooden Row Dragon”
In Tianzhu County, Guizhou, thousands of people watched the performance of the long wooden row. The pillar wooden row dragon is composed of 30 wooden rows and a bench long dragon, with a total length of 120 meters. It combines the Qingshui River wooden row culture and the bench dragon culture elements.
Hong Kong: Sea dragon boat races are changed to land dragon boat races and the dragon boat spirit remains unchanged
In Hong Kong, due to the epidemic, the sea dragon boat race was changed to a land dragon boat race this year, and a total of 12 teams participated. Each dragon boat is equipped with four wheels, and the four contestants on the boat use special oars to push it on land.
Chen Deming, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Hong Kong Land Dragon Boat Race 2021: Tradition and creativity are planned on land. I hope that the dragon boat spirit can be used. I hope that we can cheer each other up under the epidemic and use the spirit of unity to go against the current.
Macau International Dragon Boat Race started yesterday
In Macau, the annual “2021 Macau International Dragon Boat Race” kicked off on the 13th. There are no on-site spectators and no foreign teams are invited to participate in the event, but the intensity of the competition is no less intense than in previous years. A total of 129 local teams participated in the 6 groups of Standard Dragon and Xiaolong.
Participating athlete Ma Zilin: Seeing that the competition can proceed as usual, and that many athletes from different teams cheer each other up, we are also full of confidence in everyone and full of passion for this competition.
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