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The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth . In 2009 this falls on May 28 and in 2010 on June 16. The focus of the celebrations includes eating zongzi, which are large rice wraps, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.

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  • Dragon Boat Festival
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  • The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth . In 2009 this falls on May 28 and in 2010 on June 16. The focus of the celebrations includes eating zongzi, which are large rice wraps, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
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  • The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth . In 2009 this falls on May 28 and in 2010 on June 16. The focus of the celebrations includes eating zongzi, which are large rice wraps, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats. In May 2009, the Chinese government nominated the festival for inclusion in UNESCO's global "Intangible Cultural Heritage" list, partly in response to South Korea's successful nomination of the Dano festival in 2005 which China criticised as "cultural robbery".
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