China was the first festival to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage?

Dragon Boat Festival is the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage. Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The origin of Dragon Boat Festival can be traced back to ancient China, in memory of the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved the inclusion of Dragon Boat Festival in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind, making it the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible heritage. This move aims at protecting and inheriting the Dragon Boat Festival, an important cultural heritage, and promoting understanding and respect for its rich cultural connotations and traditional values. Dragon Boat Festival has a long history and rich cultural connotation in China. In addition to traditional customs such as dragon boat racing and eating zongzi, there are also customs such as wearing sachets, hanging mugwort leaves and drinking realgar wine. It embodies people's pursuit of health and safety, and also bears the importance of historical inheritance. Besides, the Dragon Boat Festival has its unique customs in different parts of China. In the south of the Yangtze River, people will hold dragon boat races, while in the north, people are used to eating sweet zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival. Regional differences show the rich and diverse cultural characteristics of the Dragon Boat Festival.