When will the Miluo Dragon Boat Race start?

Miluo Dragon Boat Race started on April 9th, 10.

"Ascending Miluo Seal Cup" 19 Asian Games Dragon Boat Project National Training Team Qualifying Tournament will start on April 9 10 in Miluo, the hometown of dragon boats. By then, 23 teams from all over the country will compete on the banks of the Miluo River. On April 7th, teams arrived in Miluo one after another and completed the registration procedures in an orderly manner. The National Team Qualifying Tournament of Dragon Boat Project held in Miluo City aims to select teams to participate in the Dragon Boat Race of the 19 Asian Games.

There are 12 dragon boat events in the competition, including 6 events of men's and women's 200m, 500m and1000m straight race. At that time, about 20 dragon boat teams and nearly 400 athletes from all provinces in China will participate in the competition. The top six teams that have passed the qualifying competition will participate in the next stage of trials, representing China to qualify for the Hangzhou Asian Games. This activity will help Miluo to host the Dragon Boat World Cup next year, and also cheer for the headquarters of the International Dragon Federation to settle in Miluo.

The development history of dragon boat race;

Since the Song Dynasty, every year from the eighth day of April to the 30th day of May in the lunar calendar, Dongguan people row and wash dragon boats, enjoy the dragon boat scenery, eat dragon boat cakes, eat dragon boat meals and sing dragon boat songs, hence the name Dragon Boat Month. Every year, on the first day of the fifth lunar month, John Wan will hold a large-scale dragon boat championship, which is known as "the first dragon boat scene in Dongguan" and has the poem "Dragon Boat Race on the first day of May, Sailing the Wanjiang River".

After the "First Dragon Boat Festival in Dongguan", all localities agreed to set their own dragon boat festival days, such as Sifenxi Festival in early May, Xincheng Festival in early May and Xincun Festival in early May. The villages in Wanjiang District hold dragon boat races with their own characteristics and the participation of the whole people. Until the end of the month, John Wan people were proud of being the "No.1 Dragon Boat in Dongguan", and it has remained so far.