The Dragon Boat festival

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2009 URL: Description: Beginning on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people of several ethnic groups throughout China and the world celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The festivities vary from region to region, but they usually share several features. A memorial ceremony offering sacrifices to a local hero is combi