Dragon boat festival

The Dragon Boat Festival occurs every May in the Chinese lunar calendar.  It is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Kenneth day festival and the festival of May. The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China and it is the first Chinese people with illnesses prevention Festival for Chinese people. later legend of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan die on this day, also became the Chinese Han people to commemorate Qu Yuan's traditional festivals, to remain aloof from the world around, full of wit Chu doctor Qu Yuan and spread out, spread to all over China, folk culture of sharing, Qu Yuan who knows, remember the Chinese nation's noble sentiments. But there are however some areas in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E, and Wu Yue to the dragon boat race held in the tribal totem worship custom is as early as in the during spring and Autumn period long. The Dragon Boat Festival is consists of eating dumplings, Dragon-boat racing, hanging calamus, wormwood, Artemisia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica dahurica, and drinking yellow wine. "Dragon Boat Festival" is one of the national holidays, and was included in the list of World Intangible Cultural Heritage.