Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-06-19T23:33:30Z 2026-06-19T23:33:30Z 2026-06-19 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television China Culture June 19, 2026 China-Duanwu Festival/CMG Special Program/Global Togetherness CMG's Duanwu Festival program highlights global togetherness A song that brought together singers from five countries highlighted the theme of "all under heaven are one family" in a special program that China Media Group (CMG) aired on Friday to mark the Duanwu Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival. The five singers were from China, Malaysia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Brazil. They sang the song with a chorus of railway workers, while people from different ethnic groups danced along to the melody. Broadcast on CMG's multiple platforms and featuring micro documentaries, the special program has four main parts which were inspired by four sequences of the dragon boat folk customs: Qi Long (dragon awakening), Zhao Jing (villages exchanging invitations for gathering of dragon boats), dragon boat racing, and returning to the shore. The annual festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar fell on Friday this year. It is a time to get rid of misfortune as venomous animals and insects were believed to appear at this time of year. It is also a time to commemorate the beloved Chinese poet Qu Yuan (339-278 BC) from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). Activities such as dragon boat races and eating Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) have been passed down as traditional customs to celebrate the festival. Narration China - June 19, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of video clips of China Media Group's special program to mark Dragon Boat Festival showing natural scenery, cityscape 2. Various of video clips showing singers from different countries giving performance with railway workers, people from different ethnic groups