Dragon Boat Festival
1 min readWhen is the Dragon Boat Festival？
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China.In 2016，the accurate date of Dragon Boat Festival is 9th，June.
The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar，the source of its alternative name，the Double Fifth Festival.
Why the date is changing？
The Chinese calendar is lunisolar，so the date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar.The sun is considered to be at its strongest around the time of sumner solstice，as the daylight in the northern hemisphere is the longest.The sun，like the Chinese dragon，traditionally represents masculine energy whereas the moon，like the phoenix，traditionally represents feminine energy.The summer solstice is considered the annual peak of male energy while the winter solstice，the longest night of the year，represents the annual peak of feminine energy.The masculine image of the dragon was thus naturally associated with duanwu.
