端午节

Beginning on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people of several ethnic groups throughout China and the world celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The festivities vary from region to region, but they usually share several features. A memorial ceremony offering sacrifices to a local hero is combined with sporting events such as dragon races, dragon boating and willow shooting; feasts of rice dumplings, eggs and ruby sulphur wine; and folk entertainments including opera, song and unicorn dances. The hero who is celebrated varies by region: the romantic poet Qu Yuan is venerated in Hubei and Hunan Provinces, Wu Zixu (an old man said to have died while slaying a dragon in Guizhou Province) in South China, and Yan Hongwo in Yunnan Province among the Dai community. Participants also ward off evil during the festival by bathing in flower-scented water, wearing five-colour silk, hanging plants such as moxa and calamus over their doors, and pasting paper cut-outs in their windows. The Dragon Boat festival strengthens bonds within families and establishes a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature. It also encourages the expression of imagination and creativity, contributing to a vivid sense of cultural identity.

国别	中国 China
中文名称	端午节
英文名称	Dragon Boat festival
登录年份	2009

发行国家/地区：中国China
名称	时间	邮票
端午节	2001	赛龙舟
		包粽子
		避五毒

右下：端午节，赛龙舟
2016 中国 文化遗产日 (2-1)

发行国家/地区：香港Hong Kong
名称	时间	邮票
香港的节日	1975	端午节，赛龙舟

端午节 赛龙舟
1985 香港 第10届国际端午节龙舟赛 (1MS全)

中国传统节日	1994	端午节竞渡
香港国际体育赛事	1995	赛龙舟

赛龙舟
2001 香港 赛龙舟 香港-澳大利亚联合发行 (1MS全)

香港的节日

2012

端午节，赛龙舟

发行国家/地区：澳门 Macao

赛龙舟	赛龙舟
1987 澳门 端午节 (2全)

发行国家/地区：台湾Chinese Taipei
名称	时间	邮票
民俗	1966	赛龙舟
台湾的民俗活动	2002	赛龙舟

发行国家/地区：福州书信馆
名称	时间	邮票
第一次龙舟竞赛图邮票	1895	龙舟竞赛
第二次龙舟竞赛图邮票	1896	龙舟竞赛