The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar.

In 2025, Dragon Boat Festival falls on May 31 (Saturday). China will have 3 days of public holiday from Friday (May 30) to Sunday (June 1). Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four top traditional Chinese festivals, along with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival.

2024年10月29日 · The Dragon Boat Festival (端午节 or Duānwǔjié in pīnyīn) is an official public holiday in Mainland China. This traditional holiday, also called the Double Fifth festival, is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar (called 农历 …

2024年12月19日 · The Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese holiday that dates back at least 1,500 years. Known as Duanwu Jie in Mandarin and Tuen Ng in Cantonese, it is also called the Double Fifth Festival, because it is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

2023年6月9日 · An introduction to the Chinese traditional Dragon Festival including its origin, dates and holidays, names and meanings, activities and food, etc.

2024年9月13日 · Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is on 5th day of the 5th lunar month. In Gregorian calendar, it varies every year, generally falling in June and in a very few years in late May. The dragon boat holiday is 3 days long. In 2025, the festival date is May 31 and the holiday lasts from May 31 to June 2.

2021年4月14日 · As a traditional festival originated from south China, the Dragon Boat Festival history in China is over 2,000 years long. People from different regions hold various ideas on the festival's origin and history, and the most popular saying is the legend associated with the great poet Qu Yuan in Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC).

China's Dragon Boat Festival is referred to as Duanwu Jie ('Start-of the-Fifth-Solar-Month Festival') or Tuen Ng Festival (in Cantonese areas). Dragon boat races and rice dumplings are two of the most distinctive elements of the festival. In 2025, Dragon Boat Festival falls on Saturday, May 31.

2023年5月1日 · The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival. It is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar, which usually falls in June. The festival is named after the dragon boat races, which are the highlight of the celebration.

2023年5月31日 · In some northern regions of China, the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival mainly focused on warding off evil. Later it gradually became a traditional festival in China. There are three major development for the dragon boat festival: Dragon boat racing began as a tribal totem worship ritual carried out by the ancient tribes along the Yangtze River.