Styles of Traditional Dragon Boats
传统龙舟的类型
Traditional dragon-boats can also be categorized into two types in terms of their roles：the show boat and the race boat. The former is an attractively adorned big boat for demonstration and performances with musical instruments like drums and gongs, and various feat shows to activate the atmosphere in the course of the race. The latter,on the other hand，is a narrow and long canoe decorated only on the bow and stem like the head and tail of a dragon. The race boat can be small,medium or big in size according to the number of paddlers it carries inside. Usually the small race boat is about 4 to 6 meters in length with the capacity of carrying 10 paddlers, the middle one 17 to 23 meters with 20 to 50 paddlers,while the large one can be as long as 30 to 33 meters and carry within it 60 to 100 paddlers. Occasionally there are exceptionally huge race boats with a capacity of 200 paddlers.
传统的龙舟根据其角色可分为两类：秀船和赛艇。前者是一艘精美装饰的大船展示和表演，有锣鼓等乐器，以及在比赛的过程中各种刺激气氛的表演。后者，在另一方面，是一艘狭长的独木舟，只在船头和船尾装饰，像龙的头部和尾部。比赛的船可以是小型，中型或大型的大小，取决于它承载划船手的数目。一般小赛艇约4至6米的长度可装10个桨手，中型的17至23米，可装20〜50个桨手，而大型的，30至33米，并可以装60到100个桨手。偶尔有非常巨大的赛艇，可容纳200个浆手。
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