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Lunar month, Chinese Dragon Boat Festival Dragon boat races are customs. Living in Guizhou Miao has been in the Lunar New Year Dragon Boat Festival in May customs dragon boat races. The Han people in the Lunar New Year Dragon Boat Festival in May Fifth, while the Hmong in the Lunar New Year Dragon Boat Festival May 24-27 a total of four days. Dragon Boat Festival Hmong called "night Wengfu" (which means dragon boat zoned), also known as "Lou Wengfu" (which means to eat meat Liuzhou). Dragon Boat Festival is normally held at the Qingshui River, water through the Kaili Jiang Jiang, also known as the leading annual lunar month, the Miao people living here should be here enjoying the Dragon Boat Festival.
Miao with the dragon boat made of China fir, sub-mother and son both sides of the ship three parts, the mother ship a total of six centers around the cabin, in the four-module loaded with relatives and friends during the Dragon Boat Festival gift of pigs, sheep, goats, geese and Boat sailors food, both sides Son paddle boat place for sailors. Miao zoned dragon boat is to stand a stroke, and is different from the Han people sitting paddle.
Carved head, horns宛似corner of Liuzhou, usually written, "weather", "prime minister" and other auspicious. Normally, specially put on the dragon boat hull with a "dragon boat boron Numbers". Some "dragon boat shed," also written couplets, such as: "dragon boat through the ages, and Chunghsiao life-hing, Siren Code Millennium heavy, Kam Yan Chuan Pepsi, Jiangshan Italy through the ages, timing centuries-hing, 'and so on.横批while the" people reunion "," Wan to North Korea. "Dragon question before, the villagers held a grand ceremony for the dragon boat festival, the side under the dragon boat lift, Jiang Add water exercises and games.
Dragon Boat Race to participate in the Miao people, every boat sailor三四十up name, by a prominent figure when the "dragon head" here refers to the drummer on board, all boat sailor drummer obey command, according to the rhythm of drums play paddle boat races. Also by a small boy dressed woman wearing Miao Silver敲锣. Waterborne understood by most of the helm when艄公by pneumatic壮汉good standing on the bow pervariabilis. There are specifically responsible for the start, the time away from the stockade, in the Walled土炮when put on board. More to the book will be counted the "intellectuals" on board a note of post-secondary three pro-six Qi by sending gifts. During the festive season, sailors enjoy the meat meals a day, along the river by the villagers and the village donated by friends and relatives. After the Dragon Boat Festival, also enjoy a goose or a duck. Mariners are very strict selection, if the family of the woman and children are not properly sailors.
Dragon Boat Festival in the village at the end of the village must pick the most hypertrophy pigs, please post-mortem全寨dinner time, the village in order to reward the support of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Chinese dragon-boat race around
1, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
Jiangzhe zoned Dragon, both to commemorate the local-born women of the democratic revolution in modern home Qiu Jin significance. Liuzhou nights on board, decorated, and from the shuttle, water underwater, touching scene.
2, Fujian
Quanzhou, the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat race activities and other parts of almost, but only benefits安崇武more special. Chongwu early in the Dragon Boat Festival is also the dragon-boat race, but with the field is different, mainly in the upcoming typhoon season, held at sea before the wish of God Exorcist activities. Reported a year later because of a crash, it is no longer on the sea dragon-boat race, and the change in the upper reaches of the boat landing, a procession to sing "Ah Lo Song", the lyrics of the effect that the request to eliminate evil spirits misfortunes, but nearly a hundred years has not be held. Seen in this light, Chongwu's dragon-boat race, dragon boat tours and "Picking" customs, like Liuzhou folk beliefs are a form of worship, that is, through the Shenwei Longwang, avoid evil, God misfortunes.
3, Miao
Miao's annual dragon-boat race is May 24-27's "Dragon Boat Festival" held to celebrate the victory and wished五谷丰登planting, the captain of about 20 meters wide and 1 meter by three straight and thick cedar dug into trough, tied up from the middle is the mother ship, on both sides for the sub-ship, each with a 38 sailors on board, one elderly permanent drum head, a male child dressed permanent drummer. Competition, the gun sounds, each sailor according to paddle forward beat gongs and drums.
4, Dai
6,7 year傣历months (about ten days after the Ching Ming Festival) "Songkran" held to commemorate the heroes of ancient rocks red Waterloo. Each vessel has 600 sailors, four helmsman and four hand Approach Road. Game, by one person敲锣command, sailors by the rhythm of paddling gong forward. Women also participate in the activities.
5, Taiwan, Hong Kong
二十九年Qing Emperor Qianlong (1736), Taiwan began to hold dragon boat races. At that time, Taiwan's Chiang知府Yuanjun Hokkeji in Tainan Chi presided over a friendly match and a half months. May 5 is now Taiwan's annual dragon boat races are held. In Hong Kong, also held races.
族龙舟长二十余米，宽一米。它由三根形直完整的杉树，挖成槽形捆绑而成。中间一根长二十三米为母船，两侧每根各长为十长米为子般。龙头、龙颈由一根二米长的水柳木雕刻而成，上涂金、银、红、绿、白各色，犹如麟片熠熠耀眼，一对龙眼炯炯有神，弯弯的比角，昂首向天，可谓神彩奕奕，栩栩如生。 划龙舟由鼓头、锣手和手手组成。鼓头是龙舟上的指挥，是全寨推选出来最有威望的人。一个十来风的孩子担任打锣手，水手共三十八名，由寨子里骠悍青年担任。比赛中水手每人手持一支一手掌宽，约一米五长的扁担形木浆。身披蓑衣，头载斗笠，以示祈雨。 比赛场面十分激烈，使人振奋，使人向上，的确是一项赛体力、比技术、比智慧、练勇敢、保团结的体育活动。是苗族民间体育活动中较为引人瞩目的一类，同时也深得各族人民的表睐。从该项活动的观赏价值来看，它展示了早期苗族人民持朴的信仰，同时，追叙了苗族人民早期文明传统文化发展的历程。再现了当时苗族人民的智慧与力量的勇敢意识和团结历进的精神。
农历五月，汉族的端午节有龙舟竞渡的习俗。居住在贵州的苗族也有在农历五月过龙舟节竞渡龙舟的风俗。汉族的端午节在农历五月初五，而苗族的龙舟节却在农历五月二十四日至二十七日共四天。龙舟节苗语叫“咋瓮”（意即划龙船），又名“娄瓮”（意即吃龙肉）。龙舟节一般在清水江上举行，清水江穿过凯里又名龙头江，每年农历五月，居住于此的苗族人民都要在这里欢渡龙舟节。
苗族的龙船用杉木制成，分母船和两侧子船三部分，母船的船中心前后共六舱，中四舱装载着龙舟节期间亲友馈赠的猪、羊、鹅和竞渡水手食品，两侧子船则为水手划桨之地。苗族划龙船是站立着划桨的，不同于汉族的坐着划桨。
龙头雕刻精美，宛似牛角的龙角上，通常写有“风调雨顺”、“国泰民安”等吉祥语。平时，龙船放在专放船体用的“龙船硼”内。有的“龙船棚”还写满楹联，如：“龙船千古事，忠孝一生兴，典祀千年重，锦延百事传，江山千古意，时序百年兴’等等。横批则多为“民众团聚”、“万宝来朝”。待龙舟节前，村民举行过隆重的祭祀龙船的仪式后，方抬下龙船，放入清水江练习和比赛。
参加龙舟竞渡的苗民，每船水手多达三四十名，由头面人物当“龙船头”，这里指船上的鼓手，全船水手听从鼓手指挥，按鼓声节奏挥桨竞渡。又由一小男孩扮女装头戴苗家女银饰敲锣。由最懂水性的掌舵当艄公，由气力好的壮汉站在船头撑篙。还有专人负责在开赛时、离寨时、归寨时在船上放土炮。更有能书会算的“文化人”在船上专记下三亲六戚所送礼品。在节日期间，水手每天三餐享用的酒肉，皆由村民及沿江各村寨的亲友所赠。龙舟节结束后，还需享受一鹅或一鸭。水手的挑选很严格，若家中有妇女生小孩的均不得当水手。
各村寨在龙舟节结束时，必须挑全村最肥大的猪，宰后请全寨聚餐一次，以酬谢全村对龙舟节的支持。
中国各地的赛龙舟
1、江浙
江浙地区划龙舟，兼有纪念当地出生的近代女民主革命家秋瑾的意义。夜龙船上，张灯结彩，来往穿梭，水上水下，情景动人。
2、福建
泉州端午节赛龙舟的活动与其他地方差不多，惟独惠安崇武较为特殊。早年崇武在端午节也有赛龙舟，但与外地有所不同，主要是于台风季节即将到来之前在海上举行的祝神驱魔活动。据传后来因某一年失事，就不再在海上赛龙舟，而改在陆上游龙舟，游行时要唱《阿螺歌》，其歌词大意是请求神灵消灾灭祸，但近百年已没再举行。由此看来，崇武的赛龙舟、游龙舟和“采莲”习俗一样，都是民间信仰中龙崇拜的一种形式，即要借龙王之神威，避恶消灾保平安。
3、苗族
苗族的赛龙舟是在每年5月24日至27日的“龙船节”举行，以庆祝插秧胜利和预祝五谷丰登，船长约20米，宽1米，由三根直而粗的杉树挖成槽形，捆绑而成，中间是母船，两边为子船，每艘船上有38名水手，有一长者任鼓头，一名男扮女装的小孩任鼓手。比赛时，炮声响处，各水手即按锣鼓节拍划桨前进。
4、傣族
是每年傣历6、7月（清明节后十日左右）“泼水节”举行，纪念古代英雄岩红窝。每船有600名水手，4名舵手和4名引道手。比赛时，由一人敲锣指挥，水手按锣声节奏划桨前进。也有女子参与此项活动。
5、台湾、香港地区
清乾隆二十九年（1736年），台湾开始举行龙舟竞渡。当时台湾知府蒋元君曾在台南市法华寺半月池主持友谊赛。现在台湾每年五月五日都举行龙舟竞赛。在香港，也举行竞渡。