Guangzhou is located on the Tropic of Cancer, with Nanling Mountains to the north and the South China Sea to the south. It is the throat where the three rivers of the Pearl River Basin, the west, north and east, converge and flow out to the sea. The water network is interwoven and connected to the sea. It has a variety of terrains such as plains, terraces, hills, and mountains, and has unique ecological landscapes such as mountains, cities, rivers, and seas. "The peaks of the Five Ridges in the north are on the ground, and the water of the Nine Continents in the south is floating in the sky" is the geographical beauty of Guangzhou, and "Cloud Mountain" and "Pearl Water" are the reputations of Guangzhou. Guangzhou has a history of more than 2,000 years. Guangzhou people are born by the water and grow up on the river bank. The dragon boats leaping on the Pearl River and the children playing by the Pearl River are all symbols of Guangzhou. The water of Guangzhou is immersed in the bones. The river water nourishes people's economic and cultural life. The folk culture of Guangzhou clearly has the characteristics of rivers and water towns. Water is square and round, and dragon boat racing is the best interpretation of the character of Guangzhou people. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, official and folk dragon boat racing activities on the Dragon Boat Festival in Guangdong were very common. In his book "Guangdong Xinyu", Qu Dajun, a famous scholar in the early Qing Dynasty, described the dragon boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival every year in the Pearl River Delta and the festive scenes after the races. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the present, except for special years, the dragon boat activities in Guangzhou have basically been able to persist, but the specific time and location of the activities have changed a little. In 1994, the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government officially designated the Dragon Boat Festival as the Dragon Boat Festival. At present, the traditional folk dragon boat racing ceremony is mainly inherited in Tianhe District, Liwan District, Haizhu District, Panyu District, Zengcheng City and other places in Guangzhou. There are two forms of dragon boat racing in Guangzhou: taking advantage of the scenery and fighting with the flag. The "Chengjing" is a scene where dragon boats from all sides come to participate in the scene. They only perform skills and do not rank. From the first day of May to the twentieth day of May, there is one scene every day, which is held in each township in turn. The "Chengjing" ceremony includes the process of starting the dragon, entering the water to worship the gods, collecting green, rowing, eating dragon boat rice, and entering the cave. Doubiao is "fighting dragon boats", that is, dragon boat racing. It is held after the warm-up of the "Chengjing". The competition rules are complicated. Later, all the participating dragon boats were gathered together to compete and decide the winner. Guangzhou dragon boat racing has a strong clan color and is a festival for men. It is mainly manifested in two aspects: first, dragon boat activities are basically carried out in clans. Second, dragon boat racing has a clear purpose of reconciling clans and gathering clans. Internally, it is completed through the common belief in the water god Beidi; externally, in the "Chengjing" or "Doubiao", the clan's strength is contested and displayed to strengthen and consolidate the external connection of the clan. The dragon boat racing in Guangzhou reflects the Guangzhou people's belief in Beidi. Before the boat racing, the gods in the temple must be invited to the dragon boat. This ceremony is called "inviting the gods". The dragon boat must be equipped with a god's bowl and Beidi's palace. According to Mr. Shang Chengzuo's early investigation, the first shrine of Guangdong people is Guanyin, the second is Beidi, and the third is Tianhou. In the Dragon Boat Festival sacrificial ceremony in Guangzhou, dragon worship runs through the whole process, and the water god Beidi plays an important role in it, which is a major feature of the Dragon Boat Festival in the Pearl River Delta. There are currently the following problems in the dragon boat racing activity: First, most people in the village who retain the custom of "dragon boat racing" do a series of dragon boat racing rituals step by step, but few people can explain why they do so. Secondly, in the past, people who boarded dragon boats were mainly young and middle-aged. In recent years, the boatmen on dragon boats in some villages have shown a tendency to be middle-aged (old). At the same time, the geographical environment required for dragon boat racing is also deteriorating, and it should be planned together with the protection of water resources.