Duanwu Festival in which season
Duanwu Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival, originating from the worship of celestial phenomena, evolved from the ancient times of the dragon festival. The Dragon Boat Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, are known as the four major traditional festivals in China. The culture of Dragon Boat Festival has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The word "Dragon Boat Festival" first appeared in the Western Jin Dynasty's "Records of Customs and Excavations", "Duan" in ancient Chinese has the meaning of the beginning, the initial, "Duanwu" is also known as the "first five". The first five days of the year.
"Shuowen Jiezi": "Duan, the topic of the first birth of things," that is, the end of the meaning of the first, so the first five days of May is known as "Duanwu Festival". The times of the year and the wide record" said: "the capital city dust people, the first day of May for the end of one, the second for the end of two, the number to five is called the end of the five." Ancient people used to call the first few days of May by end respectively. Therefore, the first noon of the month of five (noon), called the Dragon Boat Festival.