Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanyang Festival, is a traditional festival in China. The state stipulates that the Dragon Boat Festival is a legal holiday every year. People still care about the Dragon Boat Festival. When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020?
Dragon Boat Festival in 2020: Thursday, June 25th, 2020, the fifth day of May in the Year of the Rat.
Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient traditional festival, which started in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
According to the historical records of Jingchu, the fifth day of May is also called Duanyang Festival, because it is midsummer when the sun is on the mountain in midsummer, and it is midsummer in May, and the next afternoon is a fine day.
In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival, Poet's Festival" and so on. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle.