Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is also known as DuanwuFestival. It is one of the three most important lunar(阴历的)festivals in China, along with Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The date of the festival is said to be the date when Qu Yuan died--the fifth day of the fifthlunar month, so the datevariesfrom year to year, such as it is June 20 in 2015, June 9 in 2016, May 30 in 2017, June 18 in 2018, June 7in 2019, June 25 in 2020 and June 14 in 2021.
Although the date is different, the custom is the same. With a history of over 2000 years, people celebrate it with all kinds of activities on the day. They hold dragon boat racing, eat zongzi, drink realgar wine(雄黄酒), wear sachets(香囊)and so on. But dragon boat racing is the most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival.
