In Renhuai Maotai, the Dragon Boat Festival is not a sacrifice to Qu Yuan, but to wheat. This is a local tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years. Every year, during the summer solstice and Dragon Boat Festival, renhuai city Maotai-flavor wineries, large and small, will make koji. In the hot and humid koji-making workshop, seven or eight or three or five young women gather together, talking and laughing, while stepping on the music on the wooden frame with their dexterous feet. In less than two minutes, a turtle was trampled underfoot.
So this tradition has been handed down from generation to generation here. Starting from the Dragon Boat Festival, making distiller's yeast from wheat also represents the official start of liquor production in the new year, which is a very grand event in the local area. It is understood that women in Maotai Town have been singing for more than 600 years. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, unmarried women in the town, aged around 1789, were busy stepping on wineries.
2. Guizhou Pingtang Dragon Boat Festival "Water Dragon"
Dragon Boat Festival has a history of more than 600 years, such as playing "water dragon" and splashing water for good luck. It is said that it is a folk activity of local residents due to drought and rain. In recent years, the people's government of Pingtang County has strengthened the development of local tourism, made great efforts to create national culture and natural original ecological tourism, and better protected and passed on the activities of playing "Water Dragon" with strong national characteristics.
The carnival parade in Shuilong Street symbolizes good weather, abundant crops, eliminating disasters and reducing happiness, good luck, prosperity of the country and peace of the people. When playing "hose", all the men, women and children in the city are armed to the teeth, holding spoons, buckets, pots, water guns and so on. Pour water on the water pipe as much as you like. You are a pot, I am a ladle, and everyone comes and goes.
3. Guizhou Zhenyuan Dragon Boat Festival Ceremony.
The Dragon Boat Festival ceremony was held in zhenyuan county, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province. Tens of thousands of tourists feel the essence of folk culture brought by the ancient Dragon Boat Festival and pray for happiness and well-being. According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, Zhenyuan people spontaneously organized activities to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, which flourished in the Song Dynasty. Dragon boat racing has been the most active activity since 1980s.
The ancient Xiangchu culture brought from Yuanjiang is integrated with the local cultures of Miao and Dong in Zhenyuan. At the same time, Zhenyuan, the "far town side", was once a military artery connecting the Central Plains and the southwest border. It was established and prospered by martial arts. It has a long history of more than 2000 years and splendid culture, and has brewed a unique Zhenyuan civilization.