In order to spread the Dragon Boat Festival culture well and make global netizens know about the Dragon Boat Festival, fall in love with the Dragon Boat Festival, and participate in the Dragon Boat Festival, China Media Group CRI Online will start the “Hello, Qu Yuan” Hubei Zigui Dragon Boat Festival Global Tour Broadcast Plan in Qu Yuan’s hometown around the Dragon Boat Festival in 2022.

CRI Online will report on the Zigui Dragon Boat Festival through English, Japanese, Korean, Italian and other multilingual platforms. CRI Online multilingual websites, social platforms such as Facebook accounts in multiple languages of China Media Group, as well as overseas self-media accounts of foreign affairs units such as the Chinese Tourism Office in Sydney and China Cultural Centre in Kuala Lumpur will conduct live broadcasts, pictures, texts, videos and other reports.

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and it is also the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage. It was officially approved by UNESCO to be included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival culture, which originated in China, has spread in many countries around the world. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar, people from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and many other countries will hold various celebrations. In Qu Yuan’s hometown, Zigui County, Hubei Province, the annual Dragon Boat Festival is very grand.

From June 3rd to 5th, 2022, let us meet in Zigui and enjoy the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival together.