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What day is the Dragon Boat Festival in 214?

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival and May Festival. Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a festival for people in China to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Later, it was said that the patriotic poet Qu Yuan died on this day. At the same time, it became a traditional festival for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan. It was spread around Qu Yuan, a talented and independent Chu doctor, and spread to all parts of China. Folk culture was enjoyed, and Qu Yuan's celebrity was well known and cherished the noble feelings of the Chinese nation.

The Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, hanging calamus, wormwood, mugwort leaves, fumigating Atractylodes rhizome and angelica dahurica, and drinking realgar wine. "Dragon Boat Festival" is one of the national legal holidays and is listed in the world intangible cultural heritage list.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival is on June 2nd, 214.