2022 China · Taijiang Shidong Miao Dugu Dragon Boat Festival comes to an end

On the afternoon of June 25, the finals of the Taijiang Miao Duku Dragon Boat Festival ended in the Qingshui River section of Fangzhai, Shidong Town. After three days of fierce competition, the Dragon Boat Team No. 1, No. 1 of the Lean Pond, Dragon Boat Team No. 2 of Caru Pond, and Taijiang Pingzhai Dragon Boat Team won the first, second, and third place in the event.

The competition lasted three days. After the preliminaries on June 24, a total of 19 teams entered the finals of the third day. At the final scene, each participating team was in the sound of gongs and drums, in the sound of firecrackers, and in the shouts of the audience, ride the wind and waves, and strived to draw paddle. The scene was very lively!

It is understood that the Miao Dugu Dragon Boat Festival is a unique festival for the Qingshui River Basin. The Dugu Dragon Boat Culture is mainly distributed in more than 50 Miao villages along the Qingshui River and its tributary Bala River at the junction of Taijiang and Shi Bing. One of the most original and unique ethnic festivals of the Miao people.

At the same time, the Dugong Dragon Boat competition is also a corner of the Miao culture. Whether it is the posture and costume in the competition, the wood, the wooden, and even the water, the race, the dragon, the dragon, the taboos, and the legend, the taboos, and the legend, All of them have revealed the ancient and rich atmosphere of the Miao culture. The Dragon Boat Festival activities are not only a folk entertainment activity, but also reflect the good desires of the children of the Miao family for praying for agricultural harvest, smooth weather, evil spirits, disaster, and wishful things.

Guizhou Daily Tianyan News reporter Yang Xiaobo

Zhang Xiaofen, a reporter from Taijiang Rong Media Center, Zhang Xiaofen

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