China Holiday Dragon Boat Festival

The chinese calendar is lunisolar so the date of the festival varies from year to year on the gregorian calendar.

China holiday dragon boat festival. The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month on the chinese lunisolar calendar. China holidays festivals. This traditional holiday also called the double fifth festival is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the chinese lunar calendar called 农历 or nónglì in chinese.

And in 2020 on 25 june. Dragon boat festival 2020 falls on june 25 thursday. In 2017 it occurred on 30 may.

It has been celebrated in china for thousands of years but it has only been a public holiday since 2008. In 2018 on 18 june. This year the holiday falls on june 25th.

Originated in china the dragon boat festival was original the holiday to ease the diseases and prevent epidemic. Before the spring and autumn period 770 476 bc in wu and yue states it has the custom of sacrificing the tribal totem by dragon boat racing on the fifth day of the fifth month chinese lunar calendar. Because of this the holiday is often called the double fifth festival.

The duanwu festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar. This year the holiday falls on june 25th. The dragon boat festival is a traditional holiday which occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional chinese calendar.

Chinese dragon boat festival is on 5th day of the 5th lunar month. On the 5th day of the 5th lunar month china celebrates the dragon boat festival 端午节 duān wǔ jié. The dragon boat festival 端午节 or duānwǔjié in pīnyīn is an official public holiday in mainland china.