The system of dragon boat decoration around the Dongting Lake area is an expression of the inner law of its artistic gene, and the study of dragon boat decoration around the Dongting Lake area helps to construct the system of dragon boat decoration art in this range. Based on the perspective of traditional artistic conception, "painting context"-the tracing of objects, "scene"-the support of the mind, and "wonderland"-the transcendence of reality were selected from the spectrum of aesthetic discourse of "artistic conception" to elaborate the beauty of the artistic conception of the dragon boat decoration around the Dongting Lake area. After purifying the generalization phenomenon of the artistic conception of the dragon boat decoration around the Dongting Lake Area, we got a glimpse of the imagery structure and aesthetic forms in the artistic activities of the dragon boat decoration around the Dongting Lake Area, in order to understand the philosophical concepts, aesthetic interests and artistic values inherent in the decoration system.