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History of Dragon Boat Race
Dragon Boat Race has a history of 1500 years in China, also known as Dragon Boat Race. There are three theories about the origin of dragon boat race.

On commemorating qu yuan.

It is said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May. After being discovered by the local people, everyone rowed desperately to save him.

Later, it evolved into the custom of holding dragon boat races on the Dragon Boat Festival. The second is to commemorate Wu Zixu, the general of Wu State; The third theory is related to Gou Jian, the king of Yue.

Wuyue is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers and lakes criss-crossing. People are used to taking boats instead of cars, and they are very qualified to form the custom of racing.

The custom of dragon boat racing is widely popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and southwest ethnic minority areas.

For thousands of years, dragon boat racing has become a large-scale folk entertainment.

Although ancient dragon boat races were not necessarily held during the Dragon Boat Festival, they are now mostly held around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. It can also be seen from this point that the saying that dragon boat racing originated from saving Qu Yuan has a greater influence among the masses.