Specializing in the training of bamboo poles on the boat frame, rolling silver waves with a gong; Before and after every battle, there is no water sports.
On the banks of the Green Di Yang, clothes are ironed and boats are arranged on the shores of Cao Qing Lake; Every spring and March, a lady like a cloud comes to see the boat.
The history of Qinhu Boat Festival can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty more than 800 years ago. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Jiajun and Jin Bing of Yue Fei fought in Qinhu Lake, and the local people held punts in Tomb-Sweeping Day to pay homage to the fallen soldiers. Over time, it has become the custom of the water town. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, thousands of ships and tens of thousands of boat people come to Qinhu Lake to get together, which is spectacular.
Qinhu Lake is vast and blue, and the islands in the lake are dotted and extend in all directions, behind Tomb-Sweeping Day. The next day, ships from four townships and eight towns gathered here. This year, although I arrived at Qinhu at the end of the boat festival, I didn't appreciate the huge momentum, but I also felt the wind and water and the passion.
On that day, willow leaves fluttered and Shiliqin Lake was sunny. I hurried to Qinhu Lake, only to see dozens of pole boats divided into four rows and filed in batches, like a victorious team, being inspected by people on both sides of the strait. The crowded boats filled the river with laughter and laughter. The river is noisy, the most energetic moment of the year, and the waves splash! Rowing is exciting, save energy for a year and enjoy the generation at this moment. Strength and beauty merge here, unity and forge ahead here, and harmony between man and nature here.
Hey! Hey! Two gongs rang, and in front of me, a boat was full of red and green women, wearing headdresses of different colors, bright and dazzling. Eighteen bamboo poles were quickly inserted into the water, and the boat immediately drifted forward. With the dense gong sound, bamboo poles rise and fall back and forth, and the ship swishes like an arrow leaving the string, plowing out waves. The vigorous female hands smile like sunshine, and the long bamboo poles play skillfully in their hands, just like the best farm work they usually do. Their arms are waving vigorously, and their posture is soft, like a song of combining rigidity with softness.
The male pole vaulters next to each other are all wearing yellow scarves, yellow silk coats and yellow silk pants, which are full of style. They are full of energy, and they compose a poem in a uniform way. They are like spears when lifting poles, and like Yue Long when entering the sea. They are outspoken and show their true manhood.
The two boats are neck and neck, dancing in the Qin Lake with spring tides.
At this time, the game is a bit of a performance color. They do not deliberately pursue speed, but care more about entertaining themselves; Less fighting, more fun.
Looking at simple smiling faces and dancing coins, my heart has been beating happily. In front of me, these vivid scrolls are full of spring, flying with confidence and vivid peasant style. I suddenly feel that the boat meeting in Qinhu Lake is not only a nostalgia for the boat, but also a chance for farmers to use the boat meeting to render their happy life and express the style of the new countryside.
A lake, a boat and a bamboo pole represent the eternal Qinhu Lake.