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What is the date of the Dragon Boat Festival in 20 19?
1, 20 19 The Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 7, 20 19 in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday time is June 7-June 9, 20 19, * * * three days. June 7th is a national holiday.

2. The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival and May Festival. "Dragon Boat Festival" is one of the national legal holidays in China, and has been included in the world intangible cultural heritage list.

3. The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a festival for people in China to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in wuyue, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some areas, Wu Zixu and Cao E are also commemorated.

4. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are customs of eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, hanging calamus, wormwood, wormwood leaves, fumigating Atractylodes rhizome, angelica dahurica and racing dragon boats.