Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows an array of dragon boats mustering for parade on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Duanwu, or the Dragon Boat Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.), and has now become a national holiday when people enjoy eating Zongzi and watch dragon boat races.

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats mustering for parade on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats mustering for parade on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats mustering for parade on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows dragon boats are paddled on the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Daozhou dragon boat has been shortlisted for national-level intangible cultural heritage items since 2021. To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, Daoxian County launched a dragon boat parade on May 20. The photo shows rowers moving a dragon boat into the Xiaoshui River on that day. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday