The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional festival on the fifth day of the Chinese lunar calendar.
This festival has a rich history, which can be traced back more than 2,000 years ago. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of the Chu State during the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. The Dragon Boat Festival is also a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan
The Dragon Boat Festival has mixed a variety of folk customs in its historical development and evolution. Due to different regional cultures, there are differences in the content or details of customs in various parts of China. The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival mainly include picking dragon boats, sacrificing dragons, picking herbs, hanging wormwood and calamus, worshiping gods and ancestors, washing herbs, drinking water at noon, soaking dragon boats in water, eating rice dumplings, releasing paper kites.watching dragon boats, tying five-color silk threads, and smoking Atractylodes, sachets and so on. Dragon boat picking is very popular in the southern coastal areas of China. After spreading abroad, it has been loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition.
The Dragon Boat Festival embodies the spirit of perseverance, sacrifice and patriotism. It reminds us of the importance of honoring our ancestors and traditions while embracing the new.
hereby wishes everyone a healthy and safe Dragon Boat Festival