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Gregorian calendar June 3, 2022

June 3, 2022 is the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional folk festival in China. There are many other names, such as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Daughter's Day, Tianzhong Festival and Yulan Festival.

The name of Duanyang Festival comes from the number of Yin and Yang techniques. The afternoon is "Yang Chen", and the first afternoon in the afternoon is called Duanyang. Chronicle of Jingchu said: Because the sun is midsummer on the mountain, May is midsummer, and its first afternoon is a fine day, it is called Duanyang Festival.

folk custom

Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional habit of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast territory, numerous nationalities and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names are produced, but also different customs exist in different places. As early as ancient times, Baiyue had the custom of offering sacrifices to dragon ancestors in the form of dragon boat races on the afternoon of March.