When is the Dragon Boat Festival?

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

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.

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival:

The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival mainly include dragon boat picking, Dragon Boat Festival, herb picking, hanging wormwood and calamus, ancestor worship, washing herbal water, drinking water at noon, soaking in dragon boats, eating zongzi, flying kites, tying colorful silk thread, smoking Atractylodes lancea and wearing sachets.

Dragon Boat Race is very popular in the southern coastal areas of China, which is deeply loved by people all over the world and has formed an international competition. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular all over China since ancient times, and it has become one of the most influential and widespread folk food customs of the Chinese nation.

Performing traditional folk activities during the Dragon Boat Festival can not only enrich people's spiritual and cultural life, but also inherit and carry forward traditional culture. Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also celebrate it.