Dragon Boat Festival
The fifth day of the fifth lunar Month is the date of a traditional Chinese festival—the Dragon Boat Festival. In 2009, UNESCO inscribed the festival on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
有趣的少數民族節慶
China is known for the varieties of its traditional festivals. According to the Tong sheng, an ancient Chinese almanac, there are at least nine major festivals, twenty-four solar periods, and one hundred forty celebrations in a year. Festivals commemorate seasonal, temporal, or phenological changes. They are social events rich with local customs that celebrate a particular theme or significant event. Festivals are inseparable from Chinese life and culture, and reflect the relationship between people and nature.
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