Dragon boat racing is the most popular activity which is done during the dragon boat festivals. The sports have been held for 2000 years throughout the china. In ancient China, the dragon boat was used for religious purposes as a way to appease the rain gods, but today dragon boating has become the u https://99ok.voto/ popular sport in many countries.
About the dragon boat
Dragon boat is deeply embedded in China’s Dragon culture. A dragon boat consists of ornately carved dragon’s head at the bow and a tail in the stern. The hull is painted with dragon’s scales, and the paddles symbolically represent the claws. In dragon boat racing there are 18 to 20 paddlers, a steer’s person, and a drummer, they all together form a team and compete with other team members. Races are held over distances from 200 to 2000 meters. To play the sport team members need strength, endurance, skills and a good teamwork.
Dragon boating today
In the 1970s, the Hong Kong tourist association decided to stage an International dragon boat festival to promote Hong Kong, after which in 1976 first Hong Kong international races took place. Later with the formation of international dragon boat federation (IDBF) in 1991, there formed other federations like European (EDBF) and Asian (ADBF), and these three federations today govern and conduct Dragon boating in 60 countries.