Length of Dragon Boat in Baomeng Temple, Hongqi, Rong Gui

18.5m. According to relevant public information, the length of the dragon boat is18.5m (from the dragon head to the dragon tail), with an allowable error of 5cm. Hull length15.5m, with an allowable error of 3 cm. This is the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat race is the main custom of the traditional Han festival Dragon Boat Festival. It was originally 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. After the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival custom for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan, and it was also one of the representatives of the Han dragon totem culture.