For dragon boating as a sport, see Dragon boat. For the Cambodian festival with dragon boat races, see Bon Om Touk.
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival (18th century)
Observed by
Chinese
Type
Cultural
Observances
Dragon boat racing, consumption of realgar wine and zongzi
Date
Fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar
2023 date
22 June
2024 date
10 June
2025 date
31 May
2026 date
19 June
Frequency
Annual
Related to
Tango no sekku, Dano, Tết Đoan Ngọ, Yukka Nu Hii
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
端午节
Traditional Chinese
端午節
Literal meaning
Midyear festival
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Duānwǔ jié
Wade–Giles
Tuan1-wu3 chieh2
IPA
[twán.ù tɕjě]
Wu
Shanghainese Romanization
Toe1 ng3 jiq4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Tuen1 Ng5 Jit3 (HK) Tun(g)1 Ng5 Jit3 (MO)
Jyutping
Dyun1 Ng5 Zit3
IPA
[tyːn˥.ŋ tsiːt̚˧]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Toan-ngó͘-cheh
Toan-ngó͘-choeh
Toan-ngó͘-chiat
Dragon Boat Festival
Simplified Chinese
龙船节 / 龙舟节
Traditional Chinese
龍船節 / 龍舟節
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lóngchuánjié / Lóngzhōujié
Wade–Giles
Lung2-chʻuan2-chieh2 / Lung2-chou1-chieh2
IPA
[lʊ̌ŋ.ʈʂʰwǎn.tɕjě] / [lʊ̌ŋ.ʈʂóʊ.tɕjě]
Double Fifth Festival
Fifth Month Festival
Fifth Day Festival
Simplified Chinese
重五节 / 双五节
Traditional Chinese
重五節 / 雙五節
五月節
五日節
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Gō͘-go̍eh-cheh / Gō͘-ge̍h-choeh
Gō͘-ji̍t-cheh / Gō͘-li̍t-choeh
Dumpling Festival
Simplified Chinese
肉粽节
Traditional Chinese
肉糭節
Literal meaning
Meat zongzi festival
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Bah-chàng-cheh / Bah-chàng-choeh
Portuguese name
Portuguese
Festividade do Barco-Dragão
The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday which occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the beloved prime minister of the southern Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States Period, about 600 B.C. to 200 B.C., and is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi, which were southern Chinese traditions. Dragon Boat Festival integrates praying for good luck and taking respite from the summer heat.
In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, becoming the first Chinese holiday to be selected.[1][2]
^"Dragon Boat festival - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage". UNESCO. September 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^"端午节：中国首个入选世界非遗的节日". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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