Dragon Boat Festival

There are many competing explanations for Duanwu Jie the Dragon Boat Festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendarthis year May 28. Inscribed in 2009 4COM on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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The festival is celebrated to commemorate Qu Yuan a famous scholar in ancient China.

. Web Dragon Boat Festival or Duan Wu Jie is one of the three most important lunar festivals in China along with Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Web The renowned Dragon Boat Festival also known as Tuen Ng falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Web As a traditional festival originated from south China the Dragon Boat Festival history in China is over 2000 years long.

It commemorates the death of Qu Yuan a Chinese poet and minister known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry and who eventually became a national hero. Beginning on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month people of several ethnic groups throughout China and the world celebrate the Dragon Boat festival especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This year the festival falls on June 22.

What is the legend behind the festival. In honor of Qu Yuan an ancient poet who drowned himself in a river. In 2024 Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 10 Saturday.

Web The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival integrating worship of gods and ancestors praying for good luck and warding off evil spirits celebrating entertainment and eating. Web The Dragon Boat Festival is called Duan Wu Jie in Chinese. The most popular theory of the origin of the festival is that it was derived from the commemoration of a great patriot poet Qu Yuan.

This traditional holiday also called the Double Fifth festival is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar called 农历 or nónglì in Chinese. In September 2009 UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity becoming the first Chinese. Courtesy of Hong Kong Tourism Board.

People from different regions hold various ideas on the festivals origin and history and the most popular saying is the legend associated with the great poet Qu Yuan in Warring States Period 475 - 221 BC. Web The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. China will have 3 days of public holiday from Saturday June 8 to Monday June 10.

Web Associated Press. Web Dragon Boat festival. Web The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 or Duānwǔjié in pīnyīn is an official public holiday in Mainland China.

Web Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month which is in late May or June on the Gregorian calendar.

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