What day is May 15th?

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China culture. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, a grand Dragon Boat Festival custom is held all over the country, which is a well-known folk activity. But there are many little-known cultural contents in the Dragon Boat Festival, such as the Dragon Boat Festival in Xiangxi and its scale.

According to local records, the fifth day of May is called Duanyang, the 15th day of May is called the Dragon Boat Festival, and the 25th day of May is called the Little Dragon Boat Festival. The custom of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month is a common saying of the elderly in Mayang, Luxi and Yuanling, and it is also called May Half or May Festival. The debate about the three-point Dragon Boat Festival has a long history among the people.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

This statement originated from Qu Yuan's exile route. According to legend, when Qu Yuan was in exile, he passed through Ezhu, entered Dongting, traced back to Shui Yuan, abandoned patents, reached Chenyang, entered Xupu, and soon went down to Yuanjiang, entered Dongting, and made a noise. All the way was full of news that Chu was losing ground, and I was extremely depressed.

In 278 BC, Qu Yuan came to the Miluo River near Changsha. When he heard that the city had been breached and Xiang Wang had fled, he was even more desperate. This happened on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is said that the bad news did not reach Xiangxi until ten days later, so it is a custom to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival after 10. As a local custom, there is no difference in the celebration ceremony between the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, which can be popularly understood as time difference.