{"id":56054,"date":"2024-06-12T02:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com.vn\/2024\/06\/12\/xinhua-silk-road-central-chinas-yichang-holds-2024-qu-yuans-hometown-dragon-boat-culture-festival\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T02:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:00:38","slug":"xinhua-silk-road-central-chinas-yichang-holds-2024-qu-yuans-hometown-dragon-boat-culture-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com\/vn\/xinhua-silk-road-central-chinas-yichang-holds-2024-qu-yuans-hometown-dragon-boat-culture-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"<div>Xinhua Silk Road: Central China&#8217;s Yichang holds 2024 Qu Yuan&#8217;s hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 12, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The 2024 Qu Yuan&#8217;s hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival kicked off on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 7<\/span> in Zigui County of Yichang City in central <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-location\">Hubei Province<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 100%\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2436416\/pic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2436416\/pic.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Photo shows the opening ceremony of 2024 Qu Yuan's hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival held in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province.\" alt=\"Photo shows the opening ceremony of 2024 Qu Yuan's hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival held in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province.\"> <\/a> <br \/><span>Photo shows the opening ceremony of 2024 Qu Yuan&#8217;s hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival held in Yichang City, central China&#8217;s Hubei Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the opening ceremony of the event, the sacrificial ceremony in ancient time was for the first time demonstrated in the form of art. A grand original performance named &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> in the Songs of Chu&#8221; was staged, depicting the scenarios in the songs with local scenery and virtual reality technology.<\/p>\n<p>This edition&#8217;s cultural festival features three major events, including the opening ceremony, a CCTV special program and the second Dragon Boat Festival cultural month. The city also held a series of activities during the traditional festival, such as a dragon boat race, folk performances and a <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>-chic fair, to boost the atmosphere of the festival among local people.<\/p>\n<p>Yichang is the hometown of <span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan<\/span>, a great Chinese patriotic poet, who was also a minister of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period (<span class=\"xn-chron\">475 B.C.-221 B.C.).<\/span> The Dragon Boat Festival is originated to commemorate <span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan<\/span> on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, the custom of &#8220;<span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan&#8217;s<\/span> hometown Dragon Boat Festival&#8221;, as a part of <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> Dragon Boat Festival, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Yichang has engaged in the promotion of <span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan<\/span> culture by building a <span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan<\/span> cultural park, producing <span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan<\/span>-themed play and launching the compilation of the complete works of the Songs of Chu, making <span class=\"xn-person\">Qu Yuan<\/span> culture an important window and a distinctive symbol to show the profound cultural heritage of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Original link: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.imsilkroad.com\/p\/340582.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/en.imsilkroad.com\/p\/340582.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, June 12, 2024 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The 2024 Qu Yuan&#8217;s hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival kicked off on June 7 in Zigui County of Yichang City in central China&#8217;s Hubei Province. 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