The picture shows the award-winning scene of the Lotus No. 8 Dragon Boat Team (photo by correspondent Huang Jun)
Huaihua Daily All-Media News On June 23, as the referee announced the results of the competition, the 2024 Huaihua Traditional Dragon Boat Race in Lipu ended successfully in a cheer. The Lotus No. 8 Dragon Boat Team stood out from more than 50 teams and won the sprint championship, winning a big scalper and a bonus of 15,000 yuan.
More than 2,300 years ago, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan sought to live in Lipu for 9 years, and wrote "Lisao", "Nine Songs", "Shijiang" and other famous Chu poems. Therefore, Lipu is known as the source of Chu Ci and the source of Chinese poetry. After Qu Yuan was martyred, the people of Lipu commemorated Qu Yuan with the custom of rowing dragon boats in the water, and passed on Qu Yuan's culture from generation to generation.
"Racing across the river, composing a romance." According to the person in charge of the organizing committee of the Lipu Division, Lishui is an important tributary of the Yuanjiang River, and since the opening of the Lipu Dragon Boat Race for two days, more than 4,000 contestants from 50 teams have exerted the spirit of unity and hard work, cleaving the waves, showing the style of the new era. In the competition, the teams exchanged dragon boat racing techniques, contacted the feelings of neighbors, condensed the power of entrepreneurship, and further stimulated the passion for building their hometowns and revitalizing the countryside. (All-media reporter Yang Boyuan)
The picture shows the scene of the dragon boat race (photo by correspondent Tian Wenguo)
The picture shows the scene of the dragon boat race (photo by correspondent Tian Wenguo)