The Dragon Boat Festival is an important celebration in China, closely followed by their Lantern Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an important celebration in China, closely followed by their Lantern Festival. In 2022, the annual festival will take place across a three-day public holiday from June 3rd - 5th. Also known as Duanwu Festival, this 2000 year tradition honors Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu, and Cao E with dragon boat racing and festival food. It originates from the legend of patriotic poet Qu Yuan (343–278 BC), who drowned himself in a River. It is said people hurriedly paddled out on boats to seek his body.