What day is May 15th?

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival.

In Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan, the Dragon Boat Festival is divided into big Dragon Boat Festival and small Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon's Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and the Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifteenth of the fifth lunar month. Also, there are three Dragon Boat Festival in Zigui, Qu Yuan's hometown. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the "head-tail yang", the 15th of May is the "big tail yang" and the 25th of May is the "tail yang".

On the 15th day of the fifth lunar month, every family prepares delicacies to take their daughters and sons-in-law home to share, commonly known as "Dragon Boat Festival". During this period, highlights include rowing dragon boats, throwing zongzi and holding a poetry evening. This lively festive atmosphere lasted until the 25th day of the fifth lunar month, that is, Duanyang Festival, which lasted for 20 days.

Reasons for Xiangxi people celebrating Dragon Boat Festival on May 15th;

In memory of Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan's famous sentence "Involved in the River" has such a sentence: "The morning sun shines white, and the evening sun shines. If the heart is straight, it will hurt if it is far away. I've been wandering around Xupu, and I don't know what I'm doing ... "

Therefore, Chen and even the people around Xiangxi regard Qu Yuan as half a countryman. At that time, Qu Yuan crossed Ezhu (Wuchang, Hubei), entered Dongting, traced back to Shui Yuan, passed through Fei (Wuling, Changde, Hunan), reached Chenyang (Chenxi, Hunan), entered Xupu, and soon went down to Yuanjiang, entered Dongting, crossed xiangshui and arrived at Miluo River near Changsha. In a state of extreme depression and despair,

Ten days have passed since the bad news reached Xiangxi, so the Dragon Boat Festival in Xiangxi is later than other places 10 days.