When is the Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar?

Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival.

China Dragon Boat Festival is an important festival in China, and it is also the oldest festival.

In China, the Dragon Boat Festival has a long history and is also a very important festival.

This summer's festival originated from a scholar-like government official named Chu Yuan. He was a respectable and good man, but he finally fell out of favor in the emperor's court because he was jealous of his opponent's evil deeds.

The origin of this festival is because in ancient China, there was a well-read official, Qu Yuan, who loved the people and was respected. However, due to the framed by a jealous official, he was left out by the court. Unable to get the attention of the emperor, Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River in a melancholy situation.

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Dragon boat race is a symbolic custom of Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in memory of Quyuan's investment in the river.

In fact, dragon boat racing existed long before Qu Yuan. Mr. Wen Yiduo's research in The Dragon Boat Festival Examination and the Dragon Boat Festival History Education Paper (see Wen Yiduo's Complete Works) shows that "ancient wuyue worshipped dragons and considered them as' dragon sons'. The two main activities of the Dragon Boat Festival, eating zongzi and running, are all related to dragons.

Zongzi are thrown into rivers and waters to offer sacrifices to the dragon gods, while dragon boats are used for competitions. They not only have the custom of "cutting off their hair and tattooing" to "look like dragons", but also hold a grand totem festival on the Dragon Boat Festival every year. One of the activities is to depict a dragon-shaped canoe in the drums, to compete on the water to sacrifice the dragon god, and to have fun with games. This is the origin of the custom of dragon boat racing.

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