The double-spoke dragon boat was built by Bei 'an New Village, Lanxi Town, Heshan District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province. It is 99.9m long and1.88m wide. It has 65,438+006 compartments and can accommodate 420 rowers. On June 12, 2023, the double-spoke dragon boat officially boarded the river.
This super-long double-spoke dragon boat is unique in China and even in the world. There was a 90-meter-long dragon boat in Guizhou Province, and an 87.3-meter-long dragon boat in Cambodia, which could accommodate 179 people, breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest dragon boat. Therefore, Beian New Village, Lanxi Town, Heshan District, Yiyang City decided to build this 99.9-meter-long dragon boat and sprint the Guinness World Record for the longest dragon boat.
Introduction of double-spoke dragon boat
Double-spoke dragon boat originated in the Three Kingdoms period and is a unique folk culture in Lanxi. Double-spoke dragon boat is a two-story paddle. Boating is called sitting radial, and standing rowing is called standing radial. Sitting on a flat square spoke is convenient for swimming and boating. The standing web is long and rod-shaped, which is convenient for hitting water. When the dragon boat is launched, it sits on the radial plate and paddles back and forth with the sound of gongs and drums.
Once boating, sitting on the radial while standing on the radial and rowing white oars, stirred up a thousand waves, and the scene was spectacular. In 20 16, Lanxi Double-spoke Dragon Boat was listed in the fourth batch of intangible cultural heritage list in Hunan Province, which became an eye-catching cultural card in Yiyang.
Dragon boat race is one of the customs of China Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also one of the most important festivals and 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.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Double-spoke Dragon Boat