What's the name of Dragon Boat Festival?

One week has passed in June. There is no festival this month, only the Dragon Boat Festival. As we all know, Dragon Boat Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China. On this day, there are mainly customs such as eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging wormwood and flying kites. What we don't know is that the Dragon Boat Festival has a long history, so there are many different names. So, what is the name of the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao!

What's the name of Dragon Boat Festival?

The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Midday Festival, Summer Festival, Ai Festival, May Festival, Acorus calamus Festival, Tianyi Festival, Herbal Festival and Magnolia Festival.

As well as Daughter's Day, Noon Festival, Dila Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zongzi Festival, Huangwu Festival, Poet's Festival, Quyuan Festival, Tibetan Noon Festival, Festival Festival, End Etiquette, the fifth day of May and the afternoon of May.

Dragon Boat Festival is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is an important traditional festival in China. According to statistics, among all the traditional festivals in China, the Dragon Boat Festival has the most names, reaching more than 20.

The word "Dragon Boat Festival" first appeared in the local chronicles of the Western Jin Dynasty: "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival is also called May 5, which is the same as the summer solstice." Duan, which means beginning and beginning in ancient Chinese, is called "Dragon Boat Festival", that is, "the fifth day".

Shuowen Jiezi: "Duan is also the subject of the birth of all things", which means that "Duan" means the beginning, so the fifth day of May is called "Dragon Boat Festival". "Guangji at the Age of Years" said: "The dust people in the capital take the first day of May as the first end, the second day as the second end, and the number is even five."

The ancients used to call the first few days of May end to end. Therefore, the first afternoon in May is called Dragon Boat Festival. Ancient people used heavenly stems and earthly branches to represent calendar year, calendar month, calendar day and calendar time. According to the calendar, according to the order of the twelve earthly branches, May is called "noon month" and noon day is called "heavy noon", so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Duanyang".