What day is the Dragon Boat Festival

1, Dragon Boat Festival - the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar

Customs: eating dumplings, dragon boat racing.

Duanwu Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, also known as the Duanyang Festival, Wuzhi Festival, May Festival, summer five, heavy five, etc.. Duanwu Festival is a traditional festival of Chinese Han people to commemorate Qu Yuan.

2, Tanabata Festival - the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar

Customs: threading the needle begging for coquettish, praying for blessings and longevity, worship of the seven sisters, red

The Tanabata Festival is one of the most romantic of China's traditional festivals, and also in the past the most important day of the day of the girls. According to legend, on the night of July 7 or July 6 of the lunar calendar, women begged for wisdom and skill from the star Vega in the courtyard, so it is called "begging for skill".

3, Zhongyuan Festival: the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar

Customs: River lanterns, ancestor worship, the souls of the dead, burning paper ingots, etc.

Significance: commonly known as the Ghost Festival, worship ancestors, water lanterns and so on.

The Mid-Yuan Festival was originally a small autumn festival in which a number of crops ripened, and it was customary for the people to worship their ancestors, offer new rice and other sacrifices, and report the success of the autumn to their ancestors. Therefore, every year, every family sacrifices to their ancestors on the Day of the Mid-Yuan, and performs the same rituals when making offerings. On the 15th day of the 7th month, they visit the tombs and pay homage to their ancestors.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival - 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.

Customs: enjoying the moon, eating mooncakes

Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship is a very ancient custom in China. The custom of enjoying the moon is derived from the moon festival, and the seriousness of the festival is transformed into a light-hearted entertainment. "Folk worship of the moon" has become a way for people to long for reunion, happiness and well-being, and to send their love to the moon.

5, Chongyang Festival - the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

Customs: climbing up and inserting dogwood.

The Chrysanthemum Festival, also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival, Sunshine Autumn Festival, "Treading Autumn", for the first nine days of September in the lunar calendar each year, a traditional Chinese festival. Celebration of Chrysanthemum Festival generally includes activities such as going out to enjoy the fall, climbing up to a high altitude, viewing chrysanthemums, inserting dogwoods all over the place, eating Chrysanthemum cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine, and so on.