Dragon Boat Festival

   Dragon Boat Festival, for the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. According to "Jing Chu years when the record" records, because the midsummer high, Shunyang on, May is the midsummer, its first afternoon is the day of climbing good weather, so the fifth day of May also known as " Section ". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival also known as "afternoon festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bath Lan Festival" and so on. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and the cultural circles of Chinese characters. Dragon Boat Festival originated in China, initially for the ancient Baiyue region (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and south of the area) worship dragon totem tribes held totem festival festival, Baiyue before the Spring and Autumn in the fifth day of the fifth day of the dragon race in the form of tribal tribe The custom of the totem worship. After the Warring States period of Chu (now Hubei) poet Qu Yuan in the day bouldering jump Miluo River suicide, the rulers to establish loyalty patriotic label Dragon Boat Festival as commemorating Qu Yuan's festivals; some areas also have to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E and other claims. Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as the Chinese Han's four traditional festivals.

Since the Dragon Boat Festival will have a dragon boat and food dumplings and other festivals. Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as national statutory holidays. May 2006, the State Council will be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; September 2009, UNESCO formally considered and approved the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival included in the world intangible cultural heritage, becoming China's first selected world Non-legacy festivals.