Dragon boat, called "dragon boat" in southern Fujian. The big dragon boat can row 36 people, the small dragon boat can row 26 people, each boat has a gong, a drum, a flag, a front and back pins, and a singing god, which are all changed now, not in the past.

In the past, there were 13 stalls of the small dragon boat, and there were 26 rowers, one of the boat surface pipe flags, two front and rear pins, one singing god, two drums, two palm gongs, and two incense buckets, totaling the number of 36 Tiangang. There are 18 gears of the big dragon boat, 36 people rowing on both sides, and 12 deacons with six kinds of drums, tips, gongs, flags, singing gods, and holding incense buckets, so 48 people are needed. It was so cumbersome that it was slowly changed to what it is now.

The dragon boats in southern Fujian are a little different from other places, and the dragon boats in other places are all standing tall and majestic. But the dragon boat in southern Fujian does not, and the dragon head of the dragon boat in southern Fujian is a thing that symbolizes the surname. The "dragon whiskers" of the dragon boat are folded into small squares of about 1 square centimeter with gold leaf paper and tied to a red cloth strip folded in half, symbolizing the "dragon whiskers"; A piece of red cloth is folded into a triangle and nailed to the bow of the boat, symbolizing the "dragon's tongue"; Nail 6 dragon whiskers to the "dragon tongue" at equal distances, which becomes the "dragon head".

In some places near the water, the dragon boat is very particular, when the boat is started, the incense table should be placed, the incense should be burned, and then the elders in the village will take the incense burner around the dragon boat to pray for the safety of the boat, the wind and rain, the prosperity of the six animals, and the abundant harvest of the five grains. Then some gongs and drums will be invited to start the performance, or some acrobatics will be invited.

In the past, that acrobatic skill was called acrobatics, and Le Lang was fortunate enough to witness it once. The acrobatic performer placed six red clay pots on the ground, in the shape of plum blossoms, and one person moved and jumped on them, and there was nothing to do, you know, the clay pots made of red tiles were sometimes not very hard, and then the other person was thrown in the air, and when he fell, he was against the people below, head to head, and then the people above spun up like a top, and it looked very thrilling. Now that I think about it, it should not only be acrobatics, but also martial arts, otherwise how could I make such a thrilling action.

The dragon boat in southern Fujian is very particular, it must be made of good camphor wood and fir wood, and it is a whole wood more than 25 meters long, and the diameter of the tree head must be 20 centimeters to meet the conditions. It is cut into 5 pieces and connected to the bottom of the boat, so that the dragon boat will be strong and sturdy.

In the southern Fujian region, dragon boats are usually the common property of every village. There is a saying in the water people, "a ship is built, a thousand waves are passed", which means that the boat must be strong and durable, in order to withstand the test of wind and waves, so the important surname of shipbuilding is no less than the construction of houses on the shore, and some necessary etiquette must not be sloppy at all.

The nail board of the shipbuilding is like the "foundation" of the building when the landlord worships the landlord to worship the shipowner, the so-called worship of the landlord here is not the landlord of the old society but the foundation ancestor, pray for him to let us be safe and peaceful, smooth and smooth, worship the ship is also this meaning, now some of the drivers also have to worship the car, are this meaning, worship when the offerings are placed to worship, in order to show piety, hope that the gods will bless.

When the ship is built, there is another important thing, and that is to "light the eye", and a grand ceremony must be held when the "eye" is lit.

On the sides of the ship, the shipmakers affixed three strips of red cloth and gold leaf folded into small squares to the holes of each side of the boat, and then nailed three "eye nails" (eye nails). From left to right, they represent clairvoyance, downwind ears, and Mazuma. Mazu is protected by the queen of the palace, clairvoyance and downwind ears are observed in front, and the order cannot be changed. Not only dragon boats, but also even the largest sailing ships are nailed in this way, and some sailing ships will also enshrine the goddess Mazu at the stern.

When nailing, every nail must be said auspiciously, and some generations of shipbuilders will also recite some mantras, but without exception they are praying for peace and smoothness. After the boat is built, the elders of the village put the "three animals" in front of the dragon head, and worship the dragon head with incense. Then the elder held the incense burner and circled the dragon boat. This means that the unclean things on the dragon boat are driven away, and the dragon boat becomes holy and spiritual. Then, firecrackers are set off, gold paper is burned, and the ceremony is over.

After six or seven days of hard work by several strong men, the new dragon ship was completed. After that, the old people with high status in the village were invited to wear long shirts and felt hats, and led the whole village to the shipyard to "invite boats". Everyone rowed the dragon boat back to the village with a paddle in hand.

But these have nothing to do with Xiaoxi Village, Xiaoxi Village's dragon boats are foreign, I heard that once an elder in the village saw that people rowed dragon boats so lively, so he proposed that the village also hold dragon boat activities, since then there has been this event, otherwise Xiaoxi Village is located in the deep mountains, and the worship is not a god near the water, it is impossible to row a dragon boat. Therefore, the dragon boat in Xiaoxi Village is just a simple dragon boat activity, and there is no imaginary commemoration or worship of a certain god, but everyone knows this and there is no need to say it.

Another event began, the boat was like an arrow from the string and rowed quickly to a buoy in the stream in the distance, closer, closer, a gong sounded, the drum sounded intensively, the boat passed the buoy, the crowd on both sides of the strait shouted at the bottom, "win, win", the winning village cheered loudly, the losers did not lose their fighting spirit, all forward, all wanted to win back a game.

The event is still going on, Le Lang looked at it and walked away, this dragon boat will last all day, he has no intention of rowing, this dragon boat is still quite tired, at the end of the day, I don't feel anything that day, and tomorrow the hand will be sore, some will be red and swollen, it may last for a week, and some don't even have the strength to eat.

However, there are only a few people who are as conscious as Le Lang, and young people are not fierce and love face, not to mention that there are a bunch of bonuses over there, so these people can't help but work hard, and I don't see that some people are red-eyed.

was about to go back, and suddenly saw that the sixth and seventh people had gathered a group of people and were about to get off the boat to row, Le Lang saw their eyes look like this, and hurriedly dodged away, it is better to go back and eat zongzi if you have the strength to row.

Back at his uncle's house, seeing that Shinmin and Naruto were also there, Le Lang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why didn't you go rowing the dragon boat?" ”

"Why didn't you go yourself?" Shen Min looked at it angrily and said.

Le Lang ignored him, walked to the side of the zongzi hanging on the bamboo pole, and picked up a salty zongzi. There are two kinds of rice dumplings here, a kind of meat dumplings, a kind of alkali dumplings, alkali dumplings are steamed with alkaline water mixed with glutinous rice, dipped in white sugar when eating, the taste is good, in the past when there was no alkaline water, they all used gardenia on the mountain, and when they ate with a faint gardenia flavor, it was a very natural taste.

The meat dumplings in southern Fujian have a different taste, that is a strong hometown feeling, as long as you have eaten the meat dumplings in southern Fujian, you will definitely recognize it, because the meat dumplings made in southern Fujian are a little different from other places.

First of all, the shallots should be sliced and fried into golden scallion oil, then put in lean meat, mushrooms, and sand tea powder to fry until fragrant, and then put in glutinous rice and fry well, wrap it in bamboo leaves, and some will also braised eggs or braised meat on the bread, and the bite is fragrant, and the taste is great. Lelang Dayan's craftsmanship is famous in the village, the meat dumplings can smell a strong fragrance in his hands, he can't wait to tear off the straw rope tied to the meat dumplings, turn over the bamboo leaves, take a bite, accidentally, a stream of marinated meat juice overflows from the mouth.

Le Lang didn't have time to wipe off the oil from the corner of his mouth and devoured a meat dumpling, picked up another one in his hand, and thought with emotion: It is a great happiness to be able to eat such a meat dumpling.

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