When is the Dragon Boat Festival in June?

June 22nd, 2023 is the Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Tianzhong Festival. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is a folk festival that combines offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating.

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. Later generations also regard the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, and there are also sayings to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zitui.

Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also celebrate it.

In May 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; Since 2008, it has been listed as a national statutory holiday. In September, 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind, and the Dragon Boat Festival became the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible heritage.

Cultural connotation

Dragon Boat Festival has been endowed with many cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

Cultural implication: The discussion on whether to say "happiness" or "well-being" for the Dragon Boat Festival blessing is actually people's exploration of the essence and traditional characteristics of the festival, hoping to restore the cultural implication of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Patriotism: People remember Qu Yuan not only because of his artistic attainments, but also because of his great soul and deep patriotic feelings.

Feelings of home and country: The feelings of home and country in the Dragon Boat Festival need to be vigorously promoted. For many people, the Dragon Boat Festival is a small holiday, but for many people who fight in front-line posts, such as medical workers, community workers, passenger transport workers and sanitation workers, it is still the rhythm of "fighting".

It is their silent persistence and heavy progress that led to the "Ankang" Dragon Boat Festival. Their behavior itself is an interpretation of the feelings of home and country, and it is also worthy of the feelings of the whole society.

Ritual sense: Every Dragon Boat Festival, various festivals will be organized everywhere-reading Lisao, making zongzi, making sachets, rowing dragon boats and so on. Through these activities, a sense of festival ceremony is built, and people gradually get close to tradition in the process of participation.

Sincere love: This kind of sincere love for the motherland and the nation carried by the Dragon Boat Festival is enough to condense the majestic power of our constant struggle.

Inheritance responsibility: Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. It is our responsibility to inherit and carry forward the cultural connotation of the Dragon Boat Festival.

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