The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Fifth Festival, and Tianzhong Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which usually corresponds to May 5th in the Gregorian calendar. This festival integrates activities such as ancestor worship, seeking blessings and protection, as well as celebratory and culinary traditions. It originates from ancient reverence for natural celestial phenomena, evolving from rituals to honor the dragon. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month sees the Dragon Star cluster ascend to the southern central sky, occupying the most "central and just" position of the year. This is symbolized in the第五爻 of the I Ching (Book of Changes) as "The Flying Dragon in the Sky." The Dragon Boat Festival is considered a day of good omen, signified by the flying dragon in the sky, with dragon and dragon boat culture being central to its historical heritage. The festival is celebrated in China and throughout the Chinese character-using cultural sphere. Legends attribute its起源 to Qu Yuan, a poet from the Warring States period who drowned himself in the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Subsequent generations have commemorated this day as a festival in his honor. Other figures, such as Wu Zixu, Cao E, and Jie Zitui, are also remembered during this time. The origins of the Dragon Boat Festival intertwine with ancient astrological beliefs, philosophical concepts, and contain a rich cultural heritage. Its development has integrated various folk customs, with regional variations in practices and details due to differences in local cultures. The Dragon Boat Festival, alongside the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, is counted among China's four major traditional holidays. Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide impact globally, with activities to celebrate the festival held in various countries and regions around the world. In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage lists. Since 2008, it has been designated as a national legal public holiday. In September 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) formally approved its inclusion in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, making the Dragon Boat Festival the first Chinese festival to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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