Dragon Boat Festival (one Of The Four Traditional Chinese Festivals)

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chongwu Festival, the Dragon Festival, the Zhengyang Festival, and the Tianzhong Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the sacrifice of dragons in ancient times. In the midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the Canglong Qisu soars to the south of Zhongtian, which is the day of Long Feitian, which is like the line of the fifth line of "The Book of Changes·Qian Gua": "Flying dragon is in the sky." The Dragon Boat Festival Sun Dragon Star is both "winning" and "getting right", which is a sign of good fortune. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound cultural connotations; in the inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are mixed together, and the festival content is rich. Grilling dragon boats and eating rice dumplings are the two rituals of the Dragon Boat Festival. These two rituals have been passed down in China since ancient times, and they continue to this day.

The Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival created by the ancestors of Wu and Yue in the south to worship the dragon ancestors. It is said that the poet Qu Yuan of the Chu State during the Warring States Period committed suicide by jumping on the Miluo River on May 5. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; there are also sayings to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E, and Jie Zitui. In general, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient ancestors choosing the "Dragon Ascension" auspicious day to worship the dragon ancestor, and injecting the summer season "diseases and epidemic prevention" fashion. The Dragon Boat Festival was regarded as the "evil moon and evil day". It started in the northern central plains and attached a memorial to Qu Yuan. And other historical figures commemorating content. The formation of Dragon Boat Festival customs can be said to be the product of the integration of North and South customs.

The Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival, the Ching Ming Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival are also known as China's four traditional festivals. The Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists; since 2008, it has been listed as a national legal holiday. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the "List of Representatives of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", and the Dragon Boat Festival became China's first festival to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage.