When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020 and why is it the anniversary of Yang Gong's death?

When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020?

Dragon Boat Festival date in 2020:

Thursday, June 25th, 2020 (the fifth day of May in the Year of the Rat, 34 days before the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020)

Among all the traditional festivals in China, the name of Dragon Boat Festival is the most, reaching more than 20, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Summer Festival, Ai Festival, May Festival, Acorus Festival, Tianyi Festival, Herbal Festival, Magnolia Festival, Daughter's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhengyang Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. Why is Dragon Boat Festival the anniversary of Yang Gong's death?

Lunar calendar: May 5, 2020.

Gregorian calendar: June 25th, 2020, Thursday, Cancer.

◆ Today's appropriate "Don't use Yang Gong's anniversary" ◆

Prayer, marriage, making the bed, cooking, offering sacrifices and finding heirs.

Find money, bury, collect, move, build and break ground, and then start work.

The beam on the column is planted with meridian, and the house is built over the well to catch it

◆ Today's taboo "Don't use the anniversary of Yang Gong" ◆

Open markets, establish vouchers, collect money, deliver goods, accept livestock and move into houses.

Separate from fire and travel to open the warehouse.

From the above, we can see that the date of the Dragon Boat Festival in the yellow calendar indicates that it is the anniversary of Yang Gong's death, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also the anniversary of Yang Gong's death!

The anniversary of Yang Gong's death, also known as the Thirteen Taboos of Yang Gong, was formulated by Yang Junsong, a geomantic master in the Tang Dynasty.

These thirteen taboo days are the 13th of the first month, 11th of February, 9th of March, 7th of April, 5th of May, 3rd of June, 1st of July, 29th of July, 27th of August, 25th of September, 23rd of October, 21st of November and 19th of December.

Another name for the Dragon Boat Festival is: Five o'clock is the flood season.

In some rural areas near the north bank of Hangzhou Bay in Shanghai, such as Fengxian and Nanhui, it is customary to call the Dragon Boat Festival five seasons. There are also some areas called noon in May.