What day is the Dragon Boat Festival?

Duanwu Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

Duanwu Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Dragon Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., originated from the worship of heavenly phenomena, evolved from the ancient times by sacrificing dragons. Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong seven lodges soared to the south of the sky, is an auspicious day for the Dragon, that is, as the "I Ching - Qian Gua" lines of the fifth line of the lines said: "Flying Dragon in the sky". Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Star both "in" and "get positive", is the elephant of great fortune.

The origin of the festival covers ancient astrological culture, humanities and philosophy, and contains deep and rich cultural connotations; in the development of the inheritance of a variety of folklore as a whole, the festival is rich in customary content. Dragon boat and rice dumplings are the two major rituals of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been handed down in China since ancient times and are still practiced today.

Origin of Dragon Boat Festival:

The Dragon Boat Festival was established by the ancestors of Wu-Yue in the south of China as a festival for worshipping the dragon ancestor and praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits. Because of the legend of the Warring States period of the Chu poet Qu Yuan jumped Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month to kill himself, and later people will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. It also commemorates Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zitui.

Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the ancient ancestors chose the "dragon in the sky" auspicious day to worship the dragon ancestor, pray for blessings and evil spirits, injected into the summer seasonal "disease prevention and epidemic prevention" fashion. The Dragon Boat Festival as a "bad month and bad day" in the northern Middle Kingdom, attached to the commemoration of Qu Yuan and other historical figures to commemorate the content.

The Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as China's four major traditional festivals.