The Dragon Boat Festival
May 30, 2022
"May 5th (lunar calendar), the Dragon Boat Festival." The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a folk festival that integrates worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating.
main activities
The folk custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in Qu Yuan's hometown is solemn and joyful. Generally, the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated three times. On the fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival will hang calamus and mugwort leaves, and drink realgar wine; on the fifteenth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival will be held; The commemoration of Qu Yuan runs through the festival activities, including the establishment of altars to worship, river cruises, dragon boat races, dumplings to express love, and "night trouble" in the countryside. Therefore, the folk custom process of the Dragon Boat Festival is more complete, compact and vivid.
