Champions are out! Multiple pictures + videos to watch the 2024 Dragon Boat Race in Sihui City, China

Champions are out! Multiple pictures + videos to watch the 2024 Dragon Boat Race in Sihui City, China

Sihui released 2024-06-10 20:17 Guangdong, China

June 10, 2024.

The 2024 Sihui City "11th Bihaiwan Cup" Dragon Boat Race is here as scheduled!

▲Sihui Municipal Party Committee Secretary and Mayor Weng Zhuohui, Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee Party Group Secretary and Director Liang Xiangda, Municipal CPPCC Party Group Secretary and Chairman Su Jinsheng and other municipal leaders and major responsible comrades of relevant units and Bihaiwan Group leaders attended the event

▲Dragon Boat Team Enters the Venue 

▲Dragon Boat Team Enters the Venue

▲Water Offering Ceremony

▲Eye-dotting Ceremony

▲Sihui Municipal Party Committee Secretary and Mayor Weng Zhuohui announced the opening of the Dragon Boat Race

▲Sihui Municipal Party Committee Member, Municipal Government Party Group Deputy Secretary and Executive Deputy Mayor Deng Hongan delivered a speech for the Dragon Boat Race

How exciting is the competition? Who will win the championship in the end?

Follow the video to review!

Drums and gongs are blaring, dragon boats are racing, 

and the scene is super exciting

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The competition is a 16-person standard dragon boat 800-meter straight race. The 20 participating teams are divided into 3 groups for the preliminaries. In the end, a total of 10 teams enter the finals. The finals will determine the 1st to 8th place according to the ranking.

20 dragon boat teams gathered in the Bihaiwan section of Suijiang River, and a hot water "hurricane" is about to begin!

As the starting gun sounded, the dragon boats were like arrows from a string.

Riding the wind and waves, unstoppable. The atmosphere on the scene was instantly ignited.

Speed, passion, enthusiasm, unity

The paddlers bent down with all their strength in the high-pitched call,

The oars in their hands flew quickly, stirring up layers of water,

The participating dragon boats broke through the waves on the lake, competing with each other,

Staging exciting scenes, making people's blood boil.

▲sihui city-Zhenshan Yaosha Dragon Boat Team

On the field, the dragon boat team members fought hard and sweated profusely.

On both sides of the river, the audience was enthusiastic and watched intently.

Shouts and cheers came one after another,

The sonorous drums and the cheers of the audience intertwined,

showing the full "speed and passion"

Citizens who were unable to come to the scene to watch the game

through the "Orange News" APP,

online cheered for the players, and the total number of views on the entire network exceeded 85,000. The charm of the competition was fascinating and the audience was very excited

After fierce competition,

the champion, runner-up and third place winners were settled! Picture

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Champion: Zhenshan Yaosha Team

Runner-up: Shigou Town Team

Third place: Dasha Fishery Team

Fourth place: Zhenshan Dugang Second Team

Fifth place: Fishermen United Team

Sixth place: Huixia Team (Huixia Village, Licheng Town, Putian City, Fujian Province)

Seventh place: Jianggu Town Team

Eighth place: Dongcheng Street Team

▲Sihui Municipal Party Committee Secretary and Mayor Weng Zhuohui presented awards to the winning team

▲Guangdong Bihaiwan Investment Group Co., Ltd. Chairman Zhou Weifeng presented awards to the winning team

▲Weng Zhuohui presented the Best Organization Award to Guangdong Bihaiwan Investment Group Co., Ltd.

A series of wonderful performances, wonderful and exciting

There were also wonderful cultural performances and water performances such as water flying and motorboat stunts, which further aroused the enthusiasm of the citizens to watch the game.

Behind the scenes of the dragon boat race

You have worked hard

Behind this wonderful event is the dedication and hard work of the staff in front of and behind the scenes.

Each of them deserves our praise.

This year, the 2024 Sihui Dragon Boat Race has added a new team from Licheng Town, Putian City, Fujian Province [Huixia Dragon Boat Team]. We hope to continue to add dragon boat teams from Nanyang, Henan, Pingzhou, Jieyang, Yunnan Ruili city, and foreign jewelry companies next year. I hope more and more teams will come to Sihui (the hometown of jade) to participate in the competition.

On the afternoon of June 10, 2024, a Heting (three-person boat) competition was also held in Shigou Town, Sihui City, China.

Except for Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, and Yale University, all the teams that should come came.

After a morning of fierce water competition, the 2024 Sihui City "11th Bihaiwan Cup" Dragon Boat Race came to a successful conclusion!

The dragon boat race that the whole city is looking forward to is here! See here for the time and location →

Published by Sihui City on June 1st, 2023 at 19:30 in Guangdong

Dandengzi, dominant position, watching the dragon boat race~

It's another exciting moment that the whole city is looking forward to every year!

No dragon boat, no Dragon Boat Festival!

2023 Sihui City "10th Bihaiwan Cup" Dragon Boat Race

Coming soon!

2023 The 10th Bihaiwan Cup Dragon Boat Race in Sihui City

Guidance unit

The People's Government of Sihui City

Organizer

Propaganda Department of the Fourth Committee of the Communist Party of China Municipal Committee

Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Sihui City

Undertaking unit

Guangdong Bihaiwan Investment Group Co., Ltd

Event Theme

Dragon Boat Festival: Passionate Dragon Boat Race, High Quality Development, Ancient and New Charm

Activity time

June 21, 2023 at 9:00 am

Event location

Suijiang Bihaiwan section

Dragon Boat Race Schedule

This dragon boat race is an 800 meter straight track race. In the preliminary round, all participating teams will be divided into two groups (each consisting of 8 to 9 teams), with the top 4 teams selected from each group. A total of 8 teams will enter the final, and the final will be ranked from 1 to 8 based on their performance.

Activity Process

(1) Lion Dance Warm up → (2) Opening Ceremony → (3) Dragon Boat Team Mobilization → (4) Water Sacrifice Ceremony → (5) Finishing Ceremony → (6) Dragon Boat Competition (Literary and Water Performance) → (7) Award Ceremony → (😎 Dragon Boat Rice

Let's review below

Exciting Moments of the Sihui Dragon Boat Race

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Characteristics of the Sihui Dragon Boat Race

The Four Sessions have a history of over 2200 years,

There is a tradition of dragon boat racing.

More than thirty years ago,

A dragon boat race spontaneously organized by farmers

It is also highly distinctive.

Old photos one after another,

It records the "Dragon Boat Love" of the people of the Four Meetings.

In 1989, a dragon boat race was held in the upstream section of Dugang Bridge. Although the podium was simple, the audience was still enthusiastic. (Source: Sihui Home)

After decades of historical changes,

The people of Sihui are paying increasing attention to dragon boat races,

The scale of the competition is also increasing.

Not only are there many highlights, but there is also a sense of ceremony~

The "Bihaiwan Cup" dragon boat race is a large-scale dragon boat competition in Sihui City, attracting many citizens to watch every year.

The "Water Sacrifice" Ceremony

For the purpose of smooth, auspicious, and safe racing,

Before the start of the competition,

A grand dragon boat "water sacrifice" ceremony will be held,

At the same time, I also pray for a year of good weather.

Dragon Boat Eyes

Give the dragon boat a finishing touch before the race starts,

It is also an important traditional ritual.

Dragon Boat Eyes

Derived from the saying 'finishing touch',

It has a beautiful meaning of peace and auspiciousness.

The atmosphere is warm and the streets are filled with people

After the start of the competition,

Hundreds of athletes compete on the water,

Tens of thousands of spectators cheered on the shore,

It can be said that the streets are empty and the whole city is boiling,

Exciting!

Dragon Boat Rice

Some people say that watching the dragon boat and eating the dragon boat meal is the true celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival. Eating "dragon boat rice" is an important part of dragon boat culture. After the dragon boat race, the organizer organized the participating teams to have dragon boat meals, and everyone gathered together to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

Saihe Boat

Besides the grand dragon boat race,

In Shigou Town, Sihui, Daixia Village,

There is a traditional folk activity during the Dragon Boat Festival - boat racing.

It has a history of several hundred years.

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the villagers who lead the village will spontaneously organize and hold a rowing competition. Since 2014, this long-standing folk sports competition has become the most grand event of the Dragon Boat Festival in Daixia Village. Not only do people from hundreds of miles come from all directions to both sides of the Qushui River, but even those living outside will return to their hometown for the festival, enjoying the excitement and joy.

@Sihui people,

The dragon boat race that the whole city is looking forward to is coming soon,

On June 21st 2023 , I made an appointment with you!

Stay tuned!