Which solar term is Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is between dawn and summer solstice. Because of the leap month, the Dragon Boat Festival will appear between the end of May and the end of June in the solar calendar. 202 1 Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, that is, June 14 in the solar calendar, while the summer solstice is June 5-June 6, June 21-June 22, so the Dragon Boat Festival is between summer solstice and summer solstice. Dragon Boat Festival was originally founded by ancestors to worship their ancestors and pray for blessings, also known as Duanyang Festival and Dragon Boat Festival.

Because the Dragon Boat Festival is just around the summer solstice, the direct point of the sun is on the tropic of cancer, and the position of the sun in the sky is the highest in a year, hence the name. Tian Rucheng's Journey to the West Lake Volume 20 Ode to Joy in Ming Dynasty: "The reason why the Dragon Boat Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival is because the sun goes to Zhongtian at noon and reaches the highest point, and you run away at noon."

Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena and evolved from the ancient dragon totem sacrifice. The formation of the customs and habits of the Dragon Boat Festival is related to primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, the calendar of cadres and branches, and the astronomical phenomena in the south where the seven nights of the Black Dragon are located. The ancient astrology culture in China has a long history and is profound. The ancients began to explore the mysteries of the universe very early, and thus deduced a complete and profound star-watching culture.

With regard to the greetings of the Dragon Boat Festival, most folklore experts believe that only after the Dragon Boat Festival can legends and historical figures be attached to the festival and given other meanings, but these meanings are only part of the Dragon Boat Festival. Many ancient poems describe the festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival, which has been a festival of eating zongzi and picking dragon boats since ancient times. In the ancient Dragon Boat Festival, the lively dragon boat show and the joyful food feast were all manifestations of celebrating the festival.