The cultures of several countries in East Asia have the same roots and have been influenced by ancient Chinese culture. Similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival, many countries celebrate it. However, the reason why there is controversy over the Dragon Boat Festival is because Koreans, or specifically South Korea,
Gangneung people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with their local characteristics. Unlike us who row dragon boats, eat rice dumplings, and commemorate Qu Yuan, the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea mainly conducts a series of sacrificial activities to worship various local patron saints to pray for good weather.
, local peace, plus some activities similar to temple fairs to promote harmonious relationships among locals.
We all know that after many wars and the development of industrial civilization in modern times, many ancient traditional cultures have been destroyed and many have been almost lost. However, the Gangneung Dano Festival has been fortunate enough to be passed down.
down, and the overall sacrificial process is complete, which well represents the sacrificial methods, processes, etc. of the Korean nation in ancient times. UNESCO lists the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival as a world intangible cultural heritage because of the cultural diversity and cultural diversity.
The stance of protecting distinctive traditional culture must be strengthened. To put it bluntly, this is also to better protect our common cultural heritage of mankind.