Introduction to the fast boat shaking: The fast boat shaking, also known as the "whistle boat", is a kind of water folk entertainment dance. Generally in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, "yellow rice seedlings are sown" (in the old days, single-crop rice was sown in rural areas), which is commonly known as "Huangmei comes ashore". There are also towns in our city that during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when new grains appear (referring to "Luojian" rice), the people take advantage of these two intervals of farm work to spontaneously organize or invite neighboring villages to participate in the "Clippers Rocking" competition. In the past, it was often combined with temple fairs in various places. For example, there was a "Narcissus Temple" in the south of Zhongdai Town. Before liberation, the "Clipper Boat" activity was held every year when temple fairs were held.
Folk "rocking the speed boat" has been passed down for a long time in history. There are many versions of folklore. Some say that because Pinghu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River is in the water network area, people in the water town have a saying "Go out with an oar, and the road is paved on the water." Visiting relatives and friends, going to the streets for business, all rely on boats in the lake. "Rocking the Clipper Boat" is not only for practicing the skills of rocking the oar, but also for the villagers' psychological wish to get on the boat to travel for good luck and pray for "smooth sailing". For example, the Clipper boat at the "Shuixian Temple" temple fair in Zhongdai Town is based on this mentality. Another theory is that in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, the Clippers are also held during the Dragon Boat Festival in May. There is also a saying that mulberry leaves are rushed to raise silkworms. Add oars and oars to the mulberry leaf boat to speed up the journey. It is commonly known as "saving silkworms is like putting out fire" and "mulberry leaf boat is like a life-saving boat". In the old days, whenever you encountered a mulberry-leaf boat, you had to give way and be unstoppable. Over time, the custom of sailing a fast boat came into being.