Modern Dragon Boat Race in China
当今中国的龙舟竞渡
Today,people hold the race differently from place to place. Here are some instances. Along the Miluo River in Hubei Province,the festival celebrators hold a grand opening ceremony before the race starts. At the ceremony dozens of men in new clothes,with burning candles in hands,walk around boats three times to show worship of Lu Ban the master craftsman ； then they carry, on their shoulders, an image of a dragon's head to the Temple of Qu Yuan,where they pay their respect to this saint；finally they tie red ribbons to the boats and pull them into the river for the race. At the crack of a signal gun,the boats race ahead like discharged arrows fitted to bowstrings while both banks are a hubbub of voices,a babel of firecracker explosions and a scene of fluttering colored banners. In Sichuan's Luzhou and its nearby regions,the racers in a dragon boat include a commander,a drummer and some rowers. The commander,standing on the bow,waves a pennant and sings a race song to synchronize rowing movements while the drummer beats a drum with all his might to cheer the rowers on. In the areas of Xiamen and Zhangzhou of Fujian Province,a big wooden boast is arranged lying at the finishing line. When race boats reach the line,a number of ducks are released from the big wooden boat is arranged lying at the finishing line. When race boats reach the line,a number of ducks are released from the big wooden boat into the river for all the racers to catch amid thunderous cheers of spectators on the banks. In Guangxi, racers may be either men or women,and they may row race boats either by hand or by foot.
如今，不同地方的人们有不同的赛龙舟。以下是一些实例。沿着湖北省汨罗江，在比赛开始之前节日庆祝者举行隆重的开幕仪式。在典礼上几十人穿着新衣服，手拿燃烧的蜡烛，围绕龙舟走三次，以示对鲁班工艺大师的崇拜;然后他们把龙舟抗在肩上，像龙头的图像走向屈原寺，在那里他们祭祀这个圣人;最后他们把船只绑上红丝带，并将其放入河里了进行比赛。在信号枪响起时，龙舟像前面装了弓箭一样，两岸都闹得沸沸扬扬，鞭炮爆炸和各色旗帜飞舞。在四川泸州及其邻近地区，赛龙舟包括一名指挥官，一个鼓手和部分浆手。指挥官，站在船头，荡漾着三角旗唱着比赛歌，而鼓手击出他的所有力量为浆手们助威。在厦门和福建省漳州领域，一个大木船被安排躺在终点线。当比赛艇到达，一群鸭子从大木船释放越过终点线。当比赛艇到达行，一群鸭子从大木船飞入河里为所有的船手欢呼，对岸的观众欢呼如雷。在广西，参赛者可以是男性和女性，他们可以用手或脚划船。
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