Double Fifth Festival

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The Double Fifth Festival, better known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday featuring dragon boat races and the eating of zongzi to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Double Fifth Day 1
Double Fifth Festival canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public holiday in China ⓘ
traditional Chinese festival ⓘ
associatedPerson Cao E ⓘ
Qu Yuan ⓘ
Wu Zixu ⓘ
associatedRiver Miluo River ⓘ
commemorates Qu Yuan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
culture Chinese culture ⓘ
dateInLunarCalendar 5th day of the 5th month ⓘ
hasAlias Double Fifth Day ⓘ
Dragon Boat Festival ⓘ
Duanwu Festival ⓘ
Duanwu Jie ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin Warring States period ⓘ
mainActivity commemoration of Qu Yuan ⓘ
dragon boat racing ⓘ
drinking realgar wine ⓘ
eating zongzi ⓘ
hanging mugwort and calamus ⓘ
wearing perfume pouches ⓘ
mainFood zongzi ⓘ
observedIn China ⓘ
Chinese diaspora communities ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Macau ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
religionOrPhilosophy Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Confucian tradition ⓘ
Taoist tradition ⓘ
symbol dragon boat ⓘ
five-colored silk threads ⓘ
zongzi ⓘ
theme health and well-being ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
warding off evil ⓘ
typicalGregorianMonth June ⓘ
May ⓘ
UNESCOInscribedBy China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2009 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dragon Boat Festival → alsoKnownAs → Double Fifth Festival ⓘ
Double Fifth Festival → hasAlias → Double Fifth Day ⓘ
linked to: Double Fifth Festival