Dragon Boat Festival

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. 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.

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WEB The Dragon Boat Festival is called Duan Wu Jie in Chinese.

. WEB The Dragon Boat Festival is a celebration where many eat rice dumplings zongzi drink realgar wine xionghuangjiu and race dragon boats. WEB The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 or Duānwǔjié in pīnyīn is an official public holiday in Mainland China. Chinese people will have a 3-day holiday from June 8th to 10th.

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the. WEB You may know that the Dragon Boat Festival is meant to commemorate the death of the Chinese poet Qu Yuan who died in the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period 475221BC a. In September 2009 UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity becoming the first Chinese.

WEB The next Chu king surrendered the state to their rivals. WEB Michaela Fulton 21 October 2016. WEB In 2024 the Dragon Boat Festival falls on Monday June 10 in China.

The use of the lunar calendar to set the festival. 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.

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. Since some of the well-known traditions of the festival existed even before Qu Yuan other origins of the festival have also been. Other activities include hanging icons of Zhong Kui a mythic guardian figure hanging mugwort and calamus taking long walks writing spells and wearing perfumed medicine bags.

Upon hearing the tragic news Qu Yuan in 278 BC. In the first origin story of zongzi. 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.

Inscribed in 2009 4COM on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The renowned Dragon Boat Festival also known as Tuen Ng falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In 2024 Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 10 Saturday.

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 FestivalThe festival is celebrated to commemorate Qu. China will have 3 days of public holiday from Saturday June 8 to Monday June 10. WEB Dragon Boat festival.

Drowned himself in the Miluo River in Hunan Province.

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