Dragon Boat Festival

🛶 Origins Qu Yuan, a poet of the Chu State during the Warring States period, drowned himself on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. People raced boats to retrieve his body and threw rice dumplings to distract fish, evolving into dragon boat racing and zongzi traditions. � Traditions Culinary Culture 🫔 Zongzi (Sweet vs Savory: Beijing red bean vs Huzhou pork) 🍶 Realgar wine (Anti-insect ritual, drawing "王" on children's foreheads) Festivities 🚣 Dragon boat racing (Miluo River International Festival in Hunan) 🌿 Hanging mugwort and calamus ("On Fifth Day of Fifth Month, Taoist Master Rides an AI Tiger") 📜 Cultural Heritage Inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Heritage in 2009, controversy over South Korea's Gangneung Danoje