This traditional boat race includes men's team racing events; women's team racing; Men and women coordinate with boats of 10 athletes and boats of 20 athletes and racing distances on the river will be 200m, 500m and 1000m. It is expected that the race will gather athletes from provinces, cities and industries across the country to come to Quang Binh to compete.
Quang Binh's hosting of the national traditional boat racing championship on a large scale with many participating units will create an exciting atmosphere that will continue to maintain and develop the movement of practicing traditional boat racing, from That preserves and promotes the culture and sports of the people of Quang Binh province in particular and the whole country in general...
He Le Phu Son, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Quang Binh province
Mr. Le Phu Son, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Quang Binh, said: The traditional boat racing festival in each locality brings a unique cultural feature of people in river areas, rural areas and many ceremonial places. This association has existed for hundreds of years with profound cultural and religious significance. Some traditional boat racing festivals of Quang Binh province have been recognized as national intangible cultural heritage.
It can be affirmed that Quang Binh is also a locality with unique and impressive traditional boat racing festivals of people living along large rivers such as Gianh River with boat racing festivals of Tuyen Hoa district, TX. . Ba Don, Nhat Le River with traditional boat racing festival of the city's people. Dong Hoi, Quang Ninh, Son River of people in the world natural heritage area of Phong Nha - Ke Bang
In particular, the traditional boat racing festival of Le Thuy district held on Kien Giang river is a long-standing and typical festival of the people of Le Thuy rice area. This festival is considered the largest in the country and is usually held on National Day September 2, attracting the attention of tourists throughout the country.
Besides the traditional boat racing festivals of people along the rivers, coastal people also have unique and strange boat racing festivals such as the traditional boat racing festivals of Hai Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, Canh Duong commune, Quang Ninh district. Trach…
Organizing the national traditional boat racing championship in 2024 will help Quang Binh province take advantage of the event to continue promoting the tourism potential and strengths of Quang Binh province as well as the value of biodiversity and landscape. nature, tourism products, contributing to expanding cooperation and cultural, sports and tourism exchanges between Quang Binh and provinces and cities nationwide.