What is the Dragon Boat Festival? What is the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. The Dragon Boat Festival in China can be said to be a dragon festival among the 12 zodiac animals.

2. The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is one of the traditional festivals of the Chinese nation, also known as Dragon Boat Festival and Duanyang, and there are a series of nicknames: Noon Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Bad Day Festival, Poet Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and so on. Although the names are different, people all over the world have similar customs.

Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of China people for more than two thousand years. Due to the vast territory and numerous nationalities, different places have different customs. But the activities that are similar to each other mainly include: hanging Zhong Kui statue, hanging calamus and wormwood, swimming in all diseases, wearing sachets, preparing bowls, dragon boat races, fighting competitions, hitting balls, swinging, drawing realgar for children, drinking realgar wine, eating poisonous cakes, adult eggs, palm seed, seasonal fresh fruits and so on. These activities are still very popular today. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, have made new progress so far, breaking through the boundaries of time and region and becoming international sports events.