Xiangye walked back with the blue eucalyptus, and only halfway there, only to hear the sound of the people of Lanhu Lake and the sound of drums shaking the sky 100 meters away.

Xiangye slapped her thigh, "Yo, I almost forgot, there is a white boat exhibition race in Lanhu today." It's hilarious! ”

Lan Eucalyptus was pleasantly surprised, "Really! I want to see it too! Auntie, let's go! ”

When the two of them arrived at the edge of the Lan Lake, they saw that the citizens and tourists had already surrounded themselves on three floors and three layers outside, and the eyes of the crowd converged on the center of the lake, where 24 performance teams from all over the world lined up and prepared on wooden boats.

The boat that steps on the white boat, that is, the common agricultural boat in the water town, the hull of this kind of boat is slightly longer, the bottom of the boat is arc-shaped, and the wading resistance is very small, but the stability of the left and right is poor when it is shaken sharply, and the villagers call it "live", so it achieves the characteristics of the white boat in the performance of fast speed and thrilling.

Walking on the white boat, also known as rocking the fast boat, is a popular folk water sport, and is a folk activity held to worship the silkworm god. It is said that the origin of its name is related to the Song general Yue Fei, Zong Ze admired Yue Fei's talent and loyalty, and let him be the "white envoy", in order to encourage the boat racers to participate in the race with Yue Fei's fearless spirit, so it is called.

Every year on March 16, the birthday of the silkworm god, silkworm people from all over the country gather in the Lanhu. Each boat has been refitted, the stern is put on the wooden plank to "jump", two pipa oars are installed on the stern, two people shake a oar together, four or five rows or five or six rows of wooden oars are placed on both sides of the cabin gang, each person has an oar, and they row together, and the bow of the boat is inserted with a village flag, and there are also the corresponding red, yellow, blue, white, and black five-color tooth flags should be inserted in the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The boat picks four oars, and the two sides row oars, which also represents the cocoon of the silkworm baby, which is big and round; Or two ships in parallel, the boat plays boxing and dancing sticks, guns and knives fight bravely, the name is "boxing boat". Clippers shuttle in the water, gongs and drums sound in unison; The spectators on the shore are like ants, and the voices of people are full of people, which is magnificent.

Xiangye and the blue eucalyptus also squeezed into the crowd, only to hear an old lady in front of her say while watching the performance, "The girl on the high pole boat is so beautiful, she is playing the silkworm fairy!" It is to pray for a good harvest of silkworm flowers! I heard that this performance has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage! ”

The old lady's mouth of the high pole boat is also commonly known as the "silkworm boat", the unique silkworm township characteristics of the "silkworm flower" parade, "silkworm lady" standing on the "bow of the boat" along the way to the crowd sticking to the silkworm candy and petals.

The performer is dressed in a white costume that symbolizes the image of the silkworm baby, goes up along the bamboo pole, climbs to the top of the tip, and performs various thrilling actions on the bamboo bent into 90 degrees, simulating the silkworm baby's silk form, and the whole set of actions is fixed and coherent. It always attracts tourists to be amazed.

The shadow of the wave flies thousands of swords, and the drums split the waves and thunder. Lan Hu suddenly boiled even more, and I don't know who shouted: "It's coming!" Come on! "The 400-meter straight race preliminaries officially began, only to see a small wooden boat rushing out of the starting point like an arrow from the string, the drum thundered, the audience on the shore broke out cheering, the oars under the shore were neatly aligned and flew up and down in the water, and the tense and hilarious atmosphere spread in the South Lake.

This year's 400-meter straight race has added a link to grab lotus flowers around the obstacles, which is more challenging. The 100-meter-long and 15-meter-wide race course is equipped with five buoys, each of which must be bypassed by boats in order to grab the lotus flower placed at the finish line, which requires more skill from the runners.

What do locals and tourists love to see? It's thrilling and exciting, of course. The vessel is just over 1 meter wide and about 2 meters long. The small boat has a crew of 11 people, including 1 drummer, 4 oarsmen and 6 oarsmen. The crew members on the boat turned around slightly, and the boat shook a few times, which made people tremble.