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Wuxi Beitang Rong Lake
Rong Lake racing
In the article "Jinshan Jingdu" in the late Ming Dynasty Tao An Mr. Zhang Dai's "Tao An Dream Memories", it is mentioned that he once came to Wuxi to watch the Beitang Rong Lake Dragon Boat Race at the Dragon Boat Festival in the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631).
As Mr. Tao An said to himself, "Man has no habits and cannot be intercourse, and his lack of affection is also." "If you want to say that Mr. Tao An's habits, there are the habits of liking plums, the habits of obsessing with snow, and the habit of fine tea, this habit of watching dragon boats can also be regarded as one of them." According to his own account, he had seen the dragon boat race in Guangxi Lake twelve or three times before and after, Chongzhen watched the dragon boat race in the Qinhuai River in Nanjing in the second year (1629), Chongzhen watched the dragon boat race in the fourth year (1631) and came to Wuxi RongHu to watch, Chongzhen fifteen years (1642) went to Zhenjiang and Jinshan Temple to watch, and made a brilliant argument about the dragon boat race in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially the Jinshan race, which can be said to be a complete dragon boat powder!
Mr. Tao An remembers that there is no place to watch the dragon boat race that can compete with the dragon boat race at The Golden Mountain Temple. There are one or two dozen dragon boats racing at jinshan temple in Guazhou Zhenjiang; the stern of the dragon ship is carved and carved, showing the angry image of the dragon; there are twenty people sitting on both sides of the dragon boat, each holding a large oar, and the plagiarism is incomparable; the middle of the dragon boat is set up with a colorful canopy, and the embroidered umbrella of the flag is hung in front of the ship, which is a gorgeous and splendid scene; the dragon boat beats gongs and drums, and the rhythm is clear; a weapon is placed behind the stern, which is extremely sharp; a person on the dragon's head performs upside down and stands upright, and there is a danger of falling at any time; a child hangs on the dragon's tail, which is thrilling and exciting.
Wuxi Rong Lake is wide on the water surface and the water flow is rapid. Like the Dragon Boat Race in West Lake, the most eye-catching thing is the fierce movements and figures of the dragon boat racers, which attract the attention of people watching along the way. That is, "West Lake racing to see the runner win, wuxi is the same." "In the old days, the West Lake and Ronghu lake runners were so strong and fierce that they held the oars like flying, and we couldn't see them. However, from the description of Zhang Dai's late Ming dynasty poet Chai Shaobing's poem "West Lake Racing", imagine the scene of that year: "The evil son is shirted and half armed, and the young man is heading the red tooth flag." ......”
West Lake in Hangzhou
West Lake Race
Dragon
Successive generations of literati and inkers have left more beautiful poems of "dragon boat racing", which vividly depicts the grand situation of the ancient Dragon Boat Race! as:
Tang Dynasty poet Lu Zhao's "Jingdu Poems":
Stony Brook long lived thinking about the Dragon Boat Festival, in front of the pavilion building to watch the engine.
When the mole agitated, the thunder was faint, and the beast's head was slightly snowy.
Xiang Dao was long gang who did not believe it, and indeed won the gold medal.
Song Dynasty lyricist Huang Pei's "Minus Magnolia Flowers Racing":
The red flag was held high and flew out of the deep willows.
The drum beats the spring thunder, straight through the smoke wave far back.
The roar of joy shook the ground, and the tens of thousands of people fought.
Jin Bi Lou West, the first return of the championship.
In the early 10th year of Shunzhi in the early Qing Dynasty, Gu Zhenguan of Wuxi participated in the Yizhong Tongsheng Examination, that is, the "Ronghu Jingdu Poem", which made the examiners excited.
From the hymns of these dragon boat races, and Mr. Tao An's Golden Mountain Dragon Boat Race, "Shock and jumping foam, dragon fighting, and occasional fall into the vortex, then a hundred shortcuts, a hundred and a half." The people on the golden mountain are clustered, looking across the river, and the ants are attached to the beehive, and they are eager to move. In the evening, thousands of boats will open in unison, and the two sides of the strait will boil and boil. Four hundred years ago, in front of Mr. Tao An's eyes, the dragon boat racing on Wuxi Rong Lake, the bunting flags were displayed, the drums shook the sky, the boats flew, and the people on both sides of the strait were crowded with people, cheering and thundering, and the grand situation was unprecedentedly spectacular!
Zhang Dai's "Tao An Dream Memories":
Golden Mountain Racing
Look at the West Lake race twelve or three times, Ji Wei raced to Qinhuai, Xin Wei raced to cross in Wuxi, and noon raced to cross in Guazhou and Yu Jinshan Temple. The West Lake races to see the people who compete to win, and the same is true in Wuxi. QinHuai has a lamp ship without a dragon boat, a dragon ship without a Guazhou ratio, and a dragon ship without a Golden Mountain Temple. There are one or twenty dragon boats in Guazhou, depicting the tail of the dragon head and taking its anger; twenty people sitting next to them, holding a large canopy, taking their toughness; using a colorful canopy in the middle, embroidering umbrellas in front and behind, taking their splendor; hitting the drum and taking its knots; a military weapon behind the head, taking its wrench; a person on the dragon's head is upside down, throwing it on it, taking its danger; the dragon's tail hangs a small child, taking its risk. From the first to the fifteenth day of May, every day is drawn. Five sunrises out of Jinshan, Zhenjiang also out. Frightened and jumping foam, dragon fighting, and occasional fall into the vortex, then a hundred shortcuts, the pan commissioned. The people on the golden mountain are clustered, looking across the river, and the ants are attached to the beehive, and they are eager to move. In the evening, thousands of boats will open in unison, and the two sides of the strait will boil and boil.