What festival is June 6th?

June 6th is the Dragon Boat Festival, Sunbathing Festival, Autumn Sunbathing Festival, Elephant Washing Festival, Fuyang Festival and so on.

In Huyang Town, dangtu county, Maanshan City, Anhui Province, the Dragon Boat Festival is held every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. Different from other places, the Dragon Boat Festival in Huyang is to commemorate the birthday of Dayu, the hero of water control, and to sacrifice to the Dragon King, much earlier than Qu Yuan. In Huyang, there is a saying that the water level dropped on June 6th. The fifth month of the lunar calendar is the flood season, and it often rains. When the upstream water is released, it rises quickly, but in June, the water level will drop, which is called water level drop.

The heat is in the dog days, and after the summer solstice, it coincides with the solar terms of summer and summer. The temperature rises, sometimes as high as 40℃, which has exceeded the body temperature of people and animals. Liu Xi of Han Dynasty said: It is hot in summer, and cooking is as hot as cooking. After a few days, focusing on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, there is an old saying in Zixing, Hunan Province, that is, June 6, soaking and growing a piece of meat, which means that washing and drying on this day brings many benefits to people. There are many folk customs in Beijing: bathing, drying things, washing elephants, drying classics, enjoying lotus flowers and caring for shows.

Chinese traditional festivals

China festivals refer to statutory festivals and anniversaries, folk festivals, other international festivals recognized by China and important dates in China. According to the National Statutory Holidays and Memorial Days, all citizens have holidays: New Year's Day, holiday 1 day (10/day); Spring Festival, a holiday of 3 days (the first day, the second day and the third day of the first lunar month); Tomb-Sweeping Day, holiday 1 day (Lunar New Year Qingming); Labor Day, 1 day off (May 1 day).

Dragon Boat Festival, holiday 1 day (the day of Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar); Mid-Autumn Festival, holiday 1 day (the day of Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar); National Day, with a holiday of 3 days (65438+1 October1,2,3). Holidays and anniversaries of some citizens: Women's Day (March 8), and women have a half-day holiday; Youth Day (May 4th)/KLOC-More than 0/4 young people have a half-day holiday; Children's Day (June 1), children under 14 have a holiday 1 day; China People's Liberation Army Army Day (1 August), active servicemen have a half-day holiday.