Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival (18th century)
Observed byChinese
TypeCultural
ObservancesDragon boat racing, consumption of realgar wine and zongzi
DateFifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar
2024 date10 June
2025 date31 May
2026 date19 June
2027 date9 June
FrequencyAnnual
Related toTango no sekku, Dano, Tết Đoan Ngọ, Yukka Nu Hii
Dragon Boat Festival
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
CountryChina
Reference225
RegionAsia and the Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription2009 (4th session)
ListRepresentative
Gangneung Danoje Festival
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
CountryKorea
Reference114
RegionAsia and the Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription2008
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese端午节
Traditional Chinese端午節
Literal meaningMidyear festival
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDuānwǔ jié
Wade–GilesTuan1-wu3 chieh2
IPA[twán.ù tɕjě]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDyūn ńgh jit
JyutpingDyun1 Ng5 Zit3
IPA[tyn˥.ŋ tsit̚˧]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
  • Toan-ngó͘-cheh
  • Toan-ngó͘-choeh
  • Toan-ngó͘-chiat
Dragon Boat Festival
Simplified Chinese龙船节 / 龙舟节
Traditional Chinese龍船節 / 龍舟節
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLóngchuánjié / Lóngzhōujié
Wade–GilesLung2-chʻuan2-chieh2 / Lung2-chou1-chieh2
IPA[lʊ̌ŋ.ʈʂʰwǎn.tɕjě] / [lʊ̌ŋ.ʈʂóʊ.tɕjě]
  • Double Fifth Festival
  • Fifth Month Festival
  • Fifth Day Festival
Simplified Chinese
  • 重五节 / 双五节
Traditional Chinese
  • 重五節 / 雙五節
  • 五月節
  • 五日節
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
  • Gō͘-go̍eh-cheh / Gō͘-ge̍h-choeh
  • Gō͘-ji̍t-cheh / Gō͘-li̍t-choeh
Dumpling Festival
Simplified Chinese肉粽节
Traditional Chinese肉糭節
Literal meaningMeat zongzi festival
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJBah-chàng-cheh / Bah-chàng-choeh
Portuguese name
PortugueseFestividade do Barco-Dragão

The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié; Cantonese Yale: Dyūnńgh jit[a]) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the beloved prime minister of the southern Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, about 600 B.C. to 200 B.C., and is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi, which were southern Chinese traditions. Dragon Boat Festival integrates praying for good luck and taking respite from the summer heat.

In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved the holiday's inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, becoming the first Chinese holiday to be selected.[5][6]

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  4. ^ Special Administrative Region of Macao. Office of the Chief Executive. 《第60/2000號行政命令》. 3 October 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2013. (in Chinese)
  5. ^ "Dragon Boat festival - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage". UNESCO. September 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. ^ "端午节：中国首个入选世界非遗的节日". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. Retrieved 22 June 2023.


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