Tag: Traditional Chinese

Traditional Chinese Festivals – Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, also named "Chongwu Festival", "Calamus Festival" or "Daughter’s Festival", takes place in May 5 in the lunar calendar. It is a folk festival widely passed down with a history of over two thousand years, and one of the most important festivals as well. There are various celebrating activities on the day of Dragon Boat Festival, among which eating rice dumplings (zongzi, the steamed glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves) and dragon boat race are important customs.

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Fuzhou cheyi 福州伬艺

时间:2006年 Time: 2006 类别:曲艺 Category: Recitative, Story-telling 地区:福建 Region: Fujian Province 编号:V —15 Ref. No.: V-15 申报地区或单位:福建省福州市 Nominating unit[s]: Fuzhou

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