When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021? What is the Dragon Boat Festival?

When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021? What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
Speaking of the Dragon Boat Festival, I believe everyone is familiar with it, but not everyone knows what festival it is and when it falls. So, let’s take a look at what day the Dragon Boat Festival is in 2021? What is the Dragon Boat Festival? "When the plums are yellow, the weather is sunny every day. The brook is overflowing but we still go on a mountain hike. The green shade is as strong as when we came here, and there are four or five more songs of orioles." If you want to know more about the fifth month of the lunar calendar, please visit Mr. Shui Mo's website!

Dragon Boat Festival Introduction

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Fifth Festival, Dragon Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the dragon sacrifices in ancient times. During the Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer, the Azure Dragon rises to the south center of the sky. It is an auspicious day for the dragon to fly into the sky, just as the fifth line of the Qian hexagram in the Book of Changes says: "The flying dragon is in the sky."

When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021?

The Dragon Boat Festival in 2021 is:
Gemini, Monday, June 14, 2021 (Gregorian calendar)
The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, 2021 (lunar calendar)
Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021 is on June 14th in the Gregorian calendar and the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar.
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu, is one of the largest traditional festivals in my country. The meaning of "Duan" is the same as that of "Chu", so calling "Duanwu" is the same as calling "Chuwu"; the "Wu" in Duanwu is connected with "Wu", and according to the order of the Earthly Branches, May is the "Wu" month. Because noon is the "Yang Chen", the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Duan Yang". On May 5th, both the month and the day are five, so it is called the Double Fifth, also known as the Double Fifth.

What is the Dragon Boat Festival?

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of our country's traditional festivals and occupies a very important position in our country. The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is one of our country's traditional festivals. There are three fifths in each month, and the first fifth is "Duanwu". Chen Yuanliang's "Sui Shi Guang Ji" in the Yuan Dynasty recorded: "The people in the capital city regard the first day of May as Duan Yi, the second day as Duan Er, and the fifth day as Duan Wu." The fifth month of the lunar calendar is midsummer, and people go up in midsummer when the sun is in the sky. The first noon of the month is a good day for going up in the sun, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duan Yang Festival."

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