Nowadays, there are women's dragon boat teams all over the country. The heroic women strive for glory and compete for the first place. They are no weaker than the men. Just as there are dragon and pho

Nowadays, there are women's dragon boat teams all over the country. The heroic women strive for glory and compete for the first place. They are no weaker than the men. Just as there are dragon and phoenix dances during the Spring Festival, there are dragon boats and wind boats during the Dragon Boat Festival. The origin of wind boats is as mentioned above, which originated from the ancient black boats and owl boats. There were phoenixes in ancient palaces (for example, it was recorded in the Ming Dynasty palace in "Tianfu Guangji"), and there were sailboat races among the people. "Guangdong Nang" records: "Dragon boats are used to lift the officials, and sailboats are used to worship the queen. They all have five days as a victory meeting. In the summer of Gengwu, Panyu Shiqiao Village gathered ten thousand gold to build a sailboat, which was ten feet long and three feet wide. With the bow and stern held high, the heavy wings on both sides are stretched, carrying the temple on its back to worship the Queen of Heaven, and travel to various water towns. "After 1964, windboat racing appeared again in Hong Kong. This kind of windboat has a slightly shorter body and can seat 16 team members. It is decorated with a wind head and a wind tail and is raced by female team members. It is indeed a good form of competition, which means that the dragon and the phoenix are presented in a similar way. In some places there are dragon and phoenix boats. "Shunde County Chronicle" records: "Daliang's dragon sailboat is wonderful and gorgeous." But it has disappeared now. The dragon boats in Miluo County, Hunan, have a dragon head in front and a wind stern in the back. The phoenix tail is made of bamboo strips wrapped with red paper and inserted into the stern in a fan shape, like a rectangular tail. It can also be called a dragon and phoenix boat. The dragon and phoenix boats seem to be the traces left after the fusion of dragon boats and bird boats. Dragon Boat Festival Grass Fighting The Han Dynasty did not see the grass fighting scene before. ("A Study of Popular Social Things in the Past Dynasties·Shang Binghe") The origin is unknown, but it is generally believed to be related to the emergence of traditional Chinese medicine. Ancient ancestors struggled to survive and lived a monotonous life. In their spare time, they entertained themselves by fighting insects, fighting grass, and fighting animals. After the legendary "Shen Nong tasted a hundred herbs" formed traditional Chinese medicine, groups went out to the countryside to collect herbs every Dragon Boat Festival. It has become a custom to relieve the poisonous epidemic caused by summer heat. After harvesting, competitions are often held to exchange the names of flowers and grasses in the form of a duel. The one with the most wins, which combines the fun of plant knowledge and literary knowledge; children Then use the petioles to hook each other, pinch each other and pull each other. The one who breaks is the loser, and another leaf is replaced to fight. Bai Juyi's poem "Guan'er Xi" says: "Clicking dust or fighting grass, having fun all day long."