The last and best-attended activity during Lukang's national folk art festival was the dragon boat races, held to commemorate the boats rushing down the river to save Chu Yuan, a loyal minister in the state of Chu centuries ago.
在台灣各地，端午節最熱鬧的活動就是龍舟競賽。在鹿港福鹿溪舉行的龍舟競賽，是本屆鹿港民俗才藝活動的壓軸好戲。老鹿港人稱賽龍舟為「扒龍船」。過去在扒龍船之前有許多儀式。