Mayang Taipingxi Dragon Boat was disqualified from the National Dragon Boat Championship held in Chenxi County in June, 20 19 because they were found to be using illegally modified dragon boat races.

Before the competition, the dragon boat in Taipingxi, Mayang was modified by strengthening the keel and replacing the faucet. These changes are considered to violate the rules of the game. Therefore, Mayang Taipingxi Dragon Boat chose to abandon the race voluntarily to show its position of observing the rules of the race and maintaining the fairness of the race.

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Dragon boat is a dragon boat used in the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat race is the main custom of the traditional Han festival Dragon Boat Festival. Originally, it was a festival for China people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a custom of holding dragon totem sacrifice in the form of dragon boat race on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Later, the poet Qu Yuan died on this day.

It has become a traditional festival custom for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan, and it is also one of the representatives of the Han dragon totem culture. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, dragon boat racing was popular in Wu Yuechu, and it was also very popular in the Northern and Southern Dynasties at the latest. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition.

A dragon boat is a boat painted with the shape of a dragon or a dragon. The dragon boat is divided into several stages, such as starting the dragon, Youlong, competition and dragon gathering. Dragon boat race is a traditional folk water sport and entertainment in China. It is a multi-person group rowing competition, which is held on festive festivals. Now it is popular in China and some countries and regions in the world.

Dragon boat rowing is not only a sports and entertainment activity, but also reflects the long history and cultural heritage of China tradition and people's collectivism. Dragon Boat Festival is the main custom of Han traditional festivals. Legend has it that it originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because the Chu people could not bear to part with the sage Qu Yuan and died in the river, many people rowed boats to catch up and save them.

They rushed to catch up with each other, but when they got to Dongting Lake, there was no trace of them. Since then, people have been rowing dragon boats on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu. In fact, "Dragon Boat Race" existed long before Qu Yuan.