Is the Dragon Boat Festival a legal holiday? Is it illegal for schools not to have holidays? Is private school illegal?

Dragon Boat Festival is a national statutory holiday.

All domestic institutions, organs and organizations must abide by national laws and regulations.

According to the Constitution and the Labor Law, citizens have the right to work and rest. Therefore, this behavior of private schools is illegal.

Extended data:

Dragon Boat Festival is a legal holiday. According to Article 2 of the National Holidays and Remembrance Days (Order No.270th of the State Council) issued by the State Council, the Dragon Boat Festival belongs to a national holiday. While maintaining the normal teaching order, primary and secondary schools should properly arrange students' rest according to national statutory holidays to ensure the safety of campus and teachers and students.

Because the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional habit of China people for more than 2,000 years. Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival and so on. It is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle.

Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a festival to eliminate diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in Wuyue, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan died in the Miluo River, it became a traditional festival in China to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some areas, Wu Zixu and Cao E are also commemorated.