In which year was the Dragon Boat Festival inscribed on the World Heritage List?

The Dragon Boat Festival was inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage List in 2009, and in September 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, making the Dragon Boat Festival China's first festival to be inscribed on the World Intangible Heritage List.

The Dragon Boat Festival is known as one of the four major traditional festivals in China, together with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. The culture of Dragon Boat Festival has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. in May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; since 2008, it has been listed as a national legal holiday.

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Duanwu Festival customs:

1, the Dragon Boat Festival food dumplings

Duanwu food dumplings, is a traditional custom of the Chinese people since ancient times. Zong, that is, "zong zong", commonly known as "zongzi", is "zong" one of the kind of. "Dumplings" are used to worship the gods and ancestors of the tributes during festivals, Dumplings have many varieties, different festivals will do different Dumplings, do Dumplings to worship the gods and ancestors is an ancient custom.

2, release paper kite

Paper kite, in the bamboo gabions and other skeleton glued with paper or silk, pulling the long line tied to the top, taking advantage of the wind can be released into the sky, belonging to a kind of purely aerodynamic flying machine. In southern China, the Dragon Boat Festival, children put paper kites called "put the calamity".

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