When is Dragon Boat Festival?
Dragon Boat Festival 2027 is on Wednesday, June 9, 2027.
Teams race long dragon-shaped boats, and families eat zongzi, sticky rice wrapped in leaves.
How the date is set: The 5th day of the 5th Chinese month (May or June).
The date in other years
A short history
The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié; Cantonese Yale: Dyūnńgh jit), also known as the Duanwu Festival or Tuen Ng Festival, 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 Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, about 600 B.C. to 200 B.C., and is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi, which were southern Chinese traditions. The Dragon Boat Festival integrates praying for good luck and taking respite from the summer heat. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved the holiday's inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of…
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Sources
- Hong Kong Observatory: Gregorian–Lunar calendar conversion tables Dates
- Wikipedia: Dragon Boat Festival Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)