China, Japan and South Korea all celebrate Dragon Boat Festival, are they really the same festival?

Japan and South Korea, which are close to Chinese soil, were passed down in ancient times and are accurately the same festival. But the Dragon Boat Festival folk customs, festival times and rituals of the three countries are very different. China can be said to be the birthplace of the Dragon Boat Festival, the root of the Dragon Boat Festival, although the Dragon Boat Festival in Japan and South Korea is only passed on to the past, but it is also the Dragon Boat Festival.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the longest circulating and most widely spread is Qu Yuan said. Legend has it that people threw food into the river to protect Qu Yuan, who had jumped into the river, from the students therein who were eating Qu Yuan's body. Duanwu Festival is not a festive festival in China, but with the development of history also extends a lot of festive activities with the characteristics of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: dragon boat races, eating dumplings. Our side of the family, a Dragon Boat Festival every family will be fried out of a basket of small fritters, is an unparalleled childhood snacks.

And in Korea, the Dragon Boat Festival is indeed a festive occasion. The Dragon Boat Festival in Korea is set on the fifth day of the fifth month of the solar calendar, and they believe that this is the day of the year when the yang energy is at its peak, so they all choose this day to go out and celebrate. Nowadays, Japan has renamed the Dragon Boat Festival as "Zigong Festival", which actually means Children's Day. On this day, the three countries take a vacation. But the date of the Dragon Boat Festival in the three countries is not the same day. With the development of history, the festival has changed a lot in all aspects.

While China is the birthplace of the Dragon Boat Festival, the protection of traditional festivals is not as good as in Japan and South Korea. Japan and South Korea are already applying for intangible cultural heritage, our country should also protect its own traditional festivals and promote and develop them, not to lag behind Japan and South Korea.