As a traditional competitive sport, dragon boat is also a national sport and mass sport. It has a long history and rich cultural connotation in China, and is a representative sport in the new era of leisure sports. In the context of the vigorous development of leisure sports in the current new era, promoting the development of national dragon boats is of great significance for inheriting excellent national cultural heritage and accelerating the construction of a sports power. However, through the summary of previous scholars’ academic achievements related to national dragon boats, it is found that there is a lack of research on the integration of leisure sports and national dragon boats in the new era. For this reason, this research ponders and discusses the development status and promotion path of national dragon boat in the new era leisure sports, and proposes the path of national dragon boat development from four aspects: professional talent training, sports event promotion, leisure project development and cultural spirit inheritance, in order to expand the influence of national dragon boat culture, and broaden the path for its spiritual inheritance and development in the new era leisure sports, Realize the innovation and return of dragon boat culture.