When is the Dragon Boat Festival 2021 What are the traditional customs
2021 Dragon Boat Festival The time is on June 14 of the Gregorian calendar, which is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.This is a grand traditional festival with a very long history, so folks have traditional customs of climbing dragon boats, eating zongzi, picking herbs, hanging wormwood, and worshiping ghosts and gods.
Introduction to the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Dragon Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc.The Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are known as the four traditional festivals in China.The 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.In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; since 2008, it has been listed as a national statutory holiday.In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved it to be included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", and the Dragon Boat Festival became the first festival in China to be included in the world’s intangible cultural heritage.
The time of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021
The original meaning of the word "Duan" in "Dragon Boat Festival" is "positive", and "five" (noon) is medium."Dragon Boat Festival" (Duanwu), "Zhongzheng" is also, this day at noon is the middle of the middle.In addition, Duan also has the meaning of "early", so the first noon day of the fifth (noon) month is called the Dragon Boat Festival.The ancients used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches as the carrier.The ancients used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in the chronology, chronology, chronology, chronology, and chronology.According to the stem and branch calendar, according to the order of the twelve terrestrial branches, the fifth month is "Wuyue", the afternoon of the afternoon is called "Chongwu", and the afternoon of the afternoon is called "Chongwu".It is also called "Yangchen", so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Duanyang".On the Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the flying dragon is in the sky, and the dragon star is in the position of "Zhongzheng", which means good luck.Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021 will be on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is June 14, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar.
Folk activities on the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival mainly includes scrambled dragon boats, sacrifices to dragons, picking herbs, hanging wormwood and calamus, worshiping gods and ancestors, washing herbal water, and drinking water at noon , Soak in dragon boat water, eat rice dumplings, put paper kites, watch dragon boats, tie five-color silk threads, Kaoru Cangshu, wear sachets, etc.Dragon boat picking activities are very popular in the coastal areas of southern China.After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition.The custom of eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival has been prevalent in all parts of China since ancient times, and has become one of the most influential and wide-ranging folk eating customs of the Chinese nation.
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