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    Dragon Boat Festival - Wikipedia

    • The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the beloved prime minister of the southern Chine… See more

    The Thrills and Legends of Dragon Boat Festival
    The Thrills and Legends of Dragon Boat Festival
    The Amazing Story of Dragon Boat Festival
    The Amazing Story of Dragon Boat Festival
    Names

    The English language name for the holiday is "Dragon Boat Festival", used as the official English translation of the holiday by the People's Republic of China. It is also referred to in some English sources as Double Fift… See more

    History

    The fifth lunar month is considered an unlucky and poisonous month, and the fifth day of the fifth month especially so. To get rid of the misfortune, people would put calamus, Artemisia, and garlic above the doors on th… See more

    Public holiday

    The festival was long marked as a cultural festival in China and is a public holiday in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The People's Republic of China's government established in 1949 did not initially rec… See more

    Practices and activities

    Three of the most widespread activities conducted during the Dragon Boat Festival are eating (and preparing) zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
    Dragon boat racing has a rich history of ancient cer… See more

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    • Media related to Duanwu Festival at Wikimedia Commons See more

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