On the Dragon Boat Festival, Legend of Miao people a moving story, according to legend, in the distant past. Jiang river is home to a named insured Miao fishermen, He has a son named nine security. One day, he took only son fishing the river, suddenly阴霆遮天, Daisaku winds, river waves shoot days in the leap from the pit of a dragon to nine security dragged Longdong, Paul very sad, so divers were looking for holes . See Liuzhou has killed his son, and the body as a pillow酣然sleep. Paul very angry, determined to avenge son. He landed火镰took the fire into the grass again Longdong, while the dragon will sleep soundly when the fire burned Liuzhou. Longdong's smoggy region as a whole. At this point, the heavy rain concentrated Pang, a series of nine天昏地暗nine nights, everyone was a worry. At that time, women with children have a dark wash clothes to the river bank. Innocent children will beat her mother's clothes rods in the water drawn zoned playing fields, and spells with: " '咚咚more!咚咚more!" Who knows his call, the sky suddenly云消雾散. Oriental 10,000 Xiaguang, a red sun rose up high, we jump for joy joy province. Subsequently, the people were burnt to death to see the dragon floating in the water, it has rushed to the riverside at Liuzhou meat. Law first discovered Walled win, share the lead (also said to the first division leader defied Longwei, killing dragons Paul), Shi-dong night to step assigned to the tail, Yang FORMATION also go too late, only Liuzhou share intestines. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Yang FORMATION are coated with dark green, is Qinglong. When people go to Liuzhou hours after the meat, and that dragon will托梦for all of us said: "I lost the old man's only son, I have already lost their lives. Hopefully, you Everyone merciful, I modeled with cedar body, in Qingshui River, small rivers along the draw a few days, as I am alive when Divertimento in rivers, I will be able to make rain Xingyun, Bao五谷丰登you. "spread this dream, people talking about the issue, saying that the dragon was surrender, and imitation of its production to draw, to rainfall, to keep a good harvest, and both were wrong with that? At first, they did a few boat Pilot, was the event of heavy rain, so the Walled have to start dragon boat arrived. It was agreed in the sixth lunar month初五... .... At this time when big咫busy farming season, hampered production, then the Walled also consult one another, with the exception of胜平, flat-picked by boat in May Fifth, the ping Lunar Walled changed May 24, Tong Lung 20 V. Yung Shan 16, Shi-dong as a "sub-Dragon" on the 26th. Later, the Dragon Boat Festival will be in accordance with such order handed down today.
Common areas, is a national long-term living together and linked to internal space conditions. Many of China's traditional culture and sports activities, that is common to the formation and development of the region. China since ancient times, there is a saying goes: "南人good boat, Beiren good horses", that is, on the national traditional sports culture has a vivid summary of regional. Since ancient times, nomads in northern China is the dwelling place of their nomadic way of life to develop good riding habits, forming a sheep Jockey Diao national sports activities, and multi-ethnic southern neighbors on the water, is their main舟船transport in the labor and production gradually formed the dragon-boat race in sports, and form unique "dragon culture." If Taijiang, Shibing the Hmong people living long-term water River, part of the source of life is to rely on water Jiang, they have had on the Qingshui River faith. Before and after the annual Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race held in a grand event. Guizhou Province activities around the dragon boat races throughout the urban and rural areas, and a pay Qu Yuan Miao festival ancestors and two schools.
关于苗家龙舟节的由来，在黔东南流传着两个民间传说。有一传说，说代天降雨的龙王有一次行错了雨步，下雨时间违反天意。天公大怒，令雷公把龙王劈成数段抛入江中。从此天大旱，苗民即造龙船沿清水江划渡，象征被雷公劈死的龙王复活了，又按常规降雨人间。这是一种赛龙舟求雨的古老风俗。另有一传说，说有父子2人在江中打鱼，儿子被龙王抓去当了枕头，父亲一怒之下放火烧龙宫，将龙砍成几段，浮尸江中。大家检龙肉分吃。但吃了肉后九天九夜天全黑，不分白昼黑夜。有一天，一位妇女带小孩到江边洗衣，孩子用棒槌拍打江水，并不停地念着模仿击鼓的“咚咚”声，不久天就亮了。以后，这条江附近的苗民都过龙舟节，敲着鼓点子赛龙船。
关于龙舟节，苗族人民传说着一个动人的故事，相传，在遥远的过去。江河边住着一个名叫保的苗家渔民，他有一独子名叫九保。一天，他带着独子下河打鱼，突然阴霆遮天，狂风大作，江河巨浪拍天，从深潭中跃出一条恶龙把九保拖进龙洞，保悲痛万分，于是潜水人洞寻找。见龙已把他儿子杀死，并把尸体当作枕头酣然入睡了。保愤怒已极，决心为子报仇。他上岸拿了火镰，火草再次潜入龙洞，趁恶龙酣睡时放火将龙烧死。龙洞的烟雾弥漫整个地区。此时，大雨滂浓，一连九天九夜天昏地暗，大家很是发愁。当时有一个妇女带着孩子摸黑到江边濯衣。天真的孩子将她妈妈的捶衣棒在水里划上划下地嬉戏着，嘴里念叨着：”‘咚咚多！咚咚多！”谁知他这一喊，天上顿时云消雾散。东方万道霞光，一轮鲜红的太阳高高地升起来了，大家高兴得欢呼省跃。随后，人们看到被烧死的恶龙飘浮在水面，便先后赶到江边分龙肉。胜秉寨最早发现，分得龙头（也有说龙头先分给不畏龙威、杀死恶龙的保），施洞去晚一步，分到了龙尾，杨家寨也去得较晚，只分得龙肠子。因此，杨家寨的龙舟均涂以深绿色，算是青龙。当人们把龙肉分走之后，那恶龙便托梦对大家说：“我丧了老人的独子、我已赔了生命。但愿你们老少行好，用杉树仿照我身躯，在清水江、小江河一带划上几天，就象我活着时一样在江河嬉游，我就能兴云作雨，保你们五谷丰登。”这个梦传开后，人们议论纷纷，都说龙被降服了，仿它制作来划，能得雨水，保住丰收，二者得兼有何不可？起初，他们做几只船试划，果然遇有大雨，于是各寨都做起龙船来了。人们商定在农历五月初五初六……。这时正值农事大咫忙季节，妨碍生产，于是各寨又互相协商，除胜平、平挑按五月初五划船外，平寨改为农历五月二十四日，塘龙二十五，榕山十六，施洞定为“分龙”的二十六日。后来，龙舟节活动便按这样次序传世于今。
共同的地域，是一个民族长期共同生活并发生内部联系的空间条件。我国许多民族传统文化体育活动，就是在共同地域内形成与发展的。我国自古有谚云：“南人善舟，北人善马”，就是对民族传统体育文化具有地域性的生动概括。我国北方自古以来是游牧民族的栖居之地，游牧生活养成了他们善于骑马的习性，形成了刁羊赛马的民族体育活动，而南方民族多靠水而居，舟船是他们主要的交通工具在劳动生产中逐渐形成赛龙舟的体育活动，形成独特的“龙舟文化”。如台江、施秉的苗族人民长期生活的清水江畔，生活中的部分来源是依靠清水江，便产生了对清水江的信仰。每年端阳前后均举行盛大的龙舟竞渡活动。贵州省各地的龙舟竞渡活动遍及城乡，并出现凭吊屈原与祭苗族祖先两个流派。