The most prominent example of the shared holiday is the Gangneung Dano Festival in South Korea, which was recognized by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" in 2005.

The holiday's recognition by UNESCO previously aroused discussion among some Chinese scholars and internet users, who questioned why China was not doing more to protect and promote its own culture.

"How humiliated and outrageous we Chinese should feel at the move by South Korea to apply for UNESCO's recognition for a festival that originated in China," one internet user said in a posting on Tianya.cn.

Parks, lakes and rivers around the country will be alive with the sounds of drummers pounding out furious beats and racers vigorously urging their dragon boats across the water tomorrow to celebrate the traditional Dragon Boat Festival (duanwujie).

Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of every year, the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the country's oldest festivals, dating back some 2300 years. According to legend, the festival celebrates the patriot, poet and exiled minister Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in grief when his home state of Chu was invaded.

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