龙头扎进水面，三沉三起，参拜四方……端午临近，汨罗市罗江镇罗江村、罗滨村两支龙舟队举行古老的“龙舟下水”仪式，祈求国泰民安，预祝勇夺桂冠。

汨罗市被誉为“端午源头、龙舟故里”，每逢端午节，汨罗江上龙舟竞渡，纪念伟大的爱国诗人屈原。因此，端午节成为汨罗最盛大的节日，堪称汨罗人的“年”。

今年，汨罗共有23支民间龙舟队伍报名参加中国汨罗江龙舟超级联赛。距离端午节还有半个月，各镇各村的龙舟队纷纷下水训练。（来源：新湖南）

The dragon's head dives into the water, sinks three times, rises three times, and worships the four directions. With Dragon Boat Festival approaching, two dragon boat team from Luo Jiang Village and Luo Bin Village of Miluo City, Luo Jiang Town, held an ancient“dragon boat launching” ceremony, praying for national prosperity and people's peace, wishing to win the laurels.

Miluo City is known as“the source of Dragon Boat Festival and the hometown of Dragon Boat”. Every Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boats race on the Miluo River honor the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival has become the biggest festival in Miluo, which can be called the“year”of Miluo people.

This year, Miluo has 23 folk dragon boat teams registered to participate in the China Miluo River Dragon Boat Super League. Half a month from the Dragon Boat Festival, the towns and villages of the dragon boat team have been in the water training.