Chapter 3 Dragon Boat Fighting
In the traditional culture of Lingnan, dragon boat racing is an important clan interaction activity, and it is an important way to reflect the face and strength of the clan in the village.
Dongting is located in the north bank of the Lijiao waterway of the Great River, since ancient times it is the traffic point leading to the old town on the south bank and South Vietnam, Guan's thousands of years just rely on this wharf ferry fee to earn a lot of money, so since ancient times there are not a few villages that covet the wharf.
The old town on the south bank of the Dajiang River also has a thousand-year-old village called Heluo Village, an ancient village with only the surname Cao (Guan Hao's mother Cao Xiaomin is from Heluo Village).
Heluo Village and Dongxiting are feuds, hostile to each other for hundreds of years, in order to fight for the wharf and rice around hundreds of hectares of fertile land, the two villages continue to fight, the civil and military fights are continuous, in order to be able to fight for victory, both families worship literature and heavy martial arts.
Dragon boat fighting during the Dragon Boat Festival and lion fighting during the Double Ninth Festival are two important competitions, and in the old days, all the agricultural affairs and activities of the two families throughout the year were prepared around the Dragon Boat Festival and the Double Ninth Festival.
Coincidentally, a few days after Guan Hao crossed, he encountered the most important moment of the East and West Pavilion.
Suicheng is located on the east bank of the river, the water town Zeguo, the river is vertical and horizontal, the water surface is wide, the Dragon Boat Festival dragon wins the gold, since the Song Dynasty, it has been followed so far.
Every year from the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Suicheng begins to prepare for the dragon boat race in the village, until the end of May, row the dragon boat, wash the dragon boat water, take advantage of the dragon boat scene, eat the dragon boat cake, eat the dragon boat rice, sing the dragon boat song, continue for more than a month, called the "dragon boat month".
The central activity of the Dragon Boat Moon is the boat race, also known as the "Dragon Boat Scene".
Including: dragon boat launching, grabbing green, setting bids, taking advantage of the scenery, winning bids, bidding bids, etc., is the most lively scenery in Suichen City.
There are two forms of racing: one is a friendly race, called "taking advantage of the scenery", there are no prizes, no special organization, two or more dragon boats meet on the river, spontaneously race, gather and disperse freely; The other is "Dragon Race to Win the Championship", also known as "Bidding", "Fighting Standard", and "Fighting Dajing".
The dragon boat race between Dongting and Heluo on the other side of the river carried obvious provocations, and the whole competition scene was filled with a strong smell of blood.
After the Qingming Festival, the whole village will be mobilized, and all men aged 15-40 in the village will participate.
Guan Hao has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, his body is burly and tall, and he has reached 1.7 meters in height before he is 17 years old, and he has not spoken before, but his identity is there, although the people in the village did not show their contempt and dissatisfaction with Guan Hao, but many people are still a little disappointed in the future Guan Shi's words.
️The big family that has been inherited for thousands of years relies on blood connection and effective rules to maintain, and rules are the foundation for the big family to move forward. Guan Hao was destined to his identity and responsibility from birth, which has nothing to do with whether he is a fool or not, even if he is an incapacitated person, his family's system and the team assisting in this position will make the family run normally like a precision machine, not to mention that the Lingnan Guan family has a thousand-year-old family mission, which requires the selfless dedication of generations and generations.
On the first day of the fifth lunar month, the Duanyang Festival begins, and it is also the most important day of the year in the east and west pavilions of the rice enclosure.
Guan Hao recovered very well under the careful care of his mother Cao Xiaoping, and after discussing with the other elders in the family, the patriarch agreed to participate in the dragon boat race.
The dragon boats of South Vietnam have a tradition of naming since ancient times, and the dragon boats of Dongting are named "Red Rabbit" to commemorate their ancestors, and the Dragon Boat of Dongting is also as fast and brave as the Red Rabbit Horse.
Dongting Red Rabbit Boat is as its name suggests: the whole body is red, and the body of the boat is also thicker than the general dragon boat.
The dragon head is a red dragon head with a phoenix and a majestic majesty.
In the same way, the Xiting dragon boat is crowned with "black horse", the whole body is black, and the head of the boat is a fierce and mighty black dragon, solemn and solemn.
From the first day of the fifth month to the fourth day of the first month of May, after complex and solemn preparations: dragon rising, water worship, green picking, dragon racing, and scenic recruitment.
The dragon initiation ceremony in the east and west pavilions is different from other places, and the dragon boats in other villages are sealed in the silt of the river, and the next year they are washed and refreshed.
The dragon boats in the east and west pavilions are sealed in the specially made Fenglong Pond.
The so-called Fenglong Pond is a 2 acres square pool behind the Guan's Rope Wutang, the pool is surrounded by a high wall, and the pond water has an underground waterway to connect the big river not far away.
Fenglongtan is a forbidden place for the Dongting Guan clan, and only people above the elders of the clan can enter.