In May 2009, during the Dragon Boat Festival, China started the declaration procedure of the world intangible cultural heritage, and the name of the declared heritage was "China Dragon Boat Festival".
On September 30, 2009, at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, 76 projects listed in the List of Representatives of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity were reviewed and approved in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on September 30, 2009, among which the Dragon Boat Festival in China was listed. This is the first festival in China that has been selected as a world intangible cultural heritage.
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The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival
1, eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival
Zongzi, or "Zongzi Zan", is commonly known as Zongzi. Its main materials are glutinous rice and stuffing, and it is wrapped with Indocalamus leaves (or Hiragi leaves) into various shapes, such as sharp corners and quadrangles. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods. After being introduced to the north, it is made of millet (produced in the north), which is called "corn millet".
2. Fly a kite.
A kite is an aircraft that sticks paper or silk to a bamboo frame and pulls a long line on it. It can be put into the sky under the action of wind, and it belongs to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. In southern China, children flying kites during the Dragon Boat Festival is called "flying disaster".
Step 3 wash herbal water
Herbal water, that is, Mulan soup recorded in ancient books, can cure skin diseases and eliminate evil spirits by washing with herbal water at noon. Dragon Boat Festival is the day with the most Chinese herbal medicines in a year, and medicines are everywhere at noon. During the Dragon Boat Festival, many places in China have the custom of collecting herbs, boiling herbs and soaking in water, and the medicinal properties of the Dragon Boat Festival herbs play a vital role in it.
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