Boat Tracker Culture

In Yangtze River history, before Yangtze Cruise began to ship along Yangtze River, there were many little boats ship along Yangtze River. In Chinese history, there are many attractions existed along Yangtze River, such as Shennong Stream. In Shennong Stream, the special culture – Boat Tracker Culture attracts people from home and abroad.

Introduction of Boat Tracker Culture

Boat Tracker is also called Boatman, who is representative of Tujia minority features in Shennong Stream. They always work in the small rivers and small streams. They are brave and honest, resolute and steadfast. When they work together in the river, they are united. When they off work, they like to talk together with loudly laugh. In their whole life, they pursue the contribution and tacit understanding.

The Fairy Peak witnesses the hard work of boat tracker. Boat tracker pays attention to their mooring rope. The mooring rope is made of the best bamboo and made by the best craftsman. They first carefully extract the Zhuqing (the best part of the bamboo) and then make it as the mooring rope with different shapes. Next, the mooring rope will be put into the boil sulfur water, which makes the mooring rope tough and tensile. Besides that, the wrought mooring rope won't be bite by insects and it won't take any water adhesive.

The boat is also called the little Yangtze Cruise on Shennong Stream. When the boat cross the Yangtze River, one end of the mooring rope will be tied at the bottom of the mast, and the other side will be pulled on the bank by boat tracker.

When the boat pulls in to the shore, boat trackers will run ahead as soon as possible. At that time, boat trackers look like arrow on a bowstring.

Due to protect the little boat, boat trackers will catch the rocks with their fingers deeply. Everybody concentrates their attention to the mooring rope because they decide their companion's lives.

Introduction of Boat Tracker Culture – Yangtze Cruise

Nowadays, Yangtze Cruise has a series of ships such as Yangtze Victoria Cruise. They cruise on Yangtze River in different seasons. But before large Yangtze Cruise ship along Yangtze River, the little boat is the main vehicle for people living along Yangtze River. On both sides of Shennong Stream, boat tracker takes charge of transporting the good by little boat. On the other hand, they create their own unique culture – Boat Tracker Culture. While they pull the mooring ropes, they will sing their songs to encourage themselves.

In addition, they don't wear any clothes when they pull the mooring ropes. Without any bad thoughts, people always thanks for their help if they take people to go shore.