When is the Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar?

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dragon Boat Festival is a day with a special origin and an unforgettable day in history. This festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is a traditional folk festival in China. Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena and evolved from the ancient Dragon Boat Festival. In the midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the black dragon flies south of the sky for seven nights.

Characteristics of Dragon Boat Festival custom

The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival to drive away plague and dragon boat festival in summer. This is a sacrifice to the dragon by the ancients, and it is also said in memory of Wu Zixu Cao E and Jiezitui. Later, on this day, the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by the river, so people took the Dragon Boat Festival as a day to commemorate Qu Yuan.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are some indispensable activities, such as eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine to race the dragon boat. According to legend, dragon boat racing and eating zongzi means taking Qu Yuan's body out of the river and throwing zongzi into the water, so that the creatures in the water don't eat Qu Yuan. Now it seems that the Dragon Boat Festival has a strong patriotic color, rich historical and cultural heritage, and carried forward the national spirit.