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Why is the Dragon Boat Festival called Dragon Boat Festival?

1, saying 1: Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival and Tianchang Festival. Ending means "beginning" and "beginning". The fifth day can be called Dragon Boat Festival. In the lunar calendar, the earthly branch marks the moon, the first month is cloudy, February is the base, and it is noon in turn from May, so May is called noon month, and the fifth day of May is called Dragon Boat Festival.

2. Statement 2: May is the poison month, the fifth day is the poison day, and the noon on the fifth day is the poison time, at the end of the three poisons. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called "the end of May".

Statement 3: Dragon Boat Festival, also called Dragon Boat Festival, is one of the biggest traditional festivals in China. "Duan" means the same as "Chu", and calling "Duan Wu" is just like calling "the fifth day"; The word "five" in the Dragon Boat Festival is also connected with "noon". According to the order of earthly branches, May is "noon" month. Because noon is the "sun", the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Duanyang". On May 5th, both the month and the day are five, so calling five is also called noon.