How many days is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in 2023? Dragon Boat Festival holiday calendar in 2023.
How many days will the Dragon Boat Festival be closed in 2023?
In 2023, the Dragon Boat Festival will have a three-day holiday and a public holiday from June 22nd to 24th.
2023 Dragon Boat Festival holiday calendar
2023 Dragon Boat Festival holiday calendar: from Thursday, June 22, 2023 to Saturday, June 24, 2023, ***3 days.
Notice on Holiday Arrangements for Dragon Boat Festival in 2023
According to the spirit of the notice of the General Office of the State Council, the holiday arrangements for the Dragon Boat Festival in 2023 are hereby notified as follows:
On June 22nd (Thursday) to June 24th (Saturday) holiday, ***3 days.
Please arrange your work and life in advance, pay attention to safety during the festival, reduce the gathering of people, strengthen personal protection and have a safe and peaceful festival.
General Office of xx Municipal People's Government
May 2023 12
the introduction of the Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival and Tianzhong Festival, originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena in ancient times and evolved from the Dragon Boat Festival. On the midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the black dragon rises to the south of the sky for seven nights, which is an auspicious day for the dragon to fly. As the fifth poem in the Book of Changes says, "The dragon is in the sky". At noon, Long Xing is both a "win" and a "right" and a symbol of good luck. Its origin covers ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound and rich cultural connotations; In the process of inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are integrated, and festival customs are rich in content. Picking dragon boats and eating zongzi are two major customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been passed down in China since ancient times and have never stopped.
What are the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival?
1, roast dragon boat
Dragon boat rowing has a long history and has been handed down since ancient times. It is a traditional folk water sports and entertainment project in China, which is mostly held on festive festivals and is a multi-person collective rowing competition. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition. In Zigui, the hometown of Qu Yuan in Hubei Province, there are also ceremonies to worship Qu Yuan.
2. Hang wormwood and calamus
There is a folk proverb that says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival and Ai is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. "Ai", also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, contains volatile aromatic oil in its stems and leaves, and its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. The leaves of Acorus calamus also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a medicine for refreshing the brain, inducing resuscitation, strengthening bones, dispersing stagnation, killing insects and sterilizing.
3. Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival
Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Zongzi, a kind of glutinous rice, is also called Jiao Shu, Zongzi, Gu Zongzi and Zongzi. It has a long history and various patterns.
4. Dragon Boat Festival Bath (Mulan Decoction)
In Guangdong, children use wormwood wheat medicine or wormwood, cattail, impatiens, magnolia and other flowers to boil and wash, while teenagers and adult men take a bath on the river and beach, which is called dragon boat washing water to wash away bad luck. In Hunan, Guangxi and other places, cypress leaves, anemone roots, wormwood, calamus, peach leaves, etc. are boiled into liquid medicine for bathing, regardless of gender, age and family. Bathing on the Dragon Boat Festival still exists today and is widely circulated. It is said that it can treat skin diseases and eliminate evil spirits.
Dragon Boat Festival plays an indispensable role in traditional cultural festivals in China and has a far-reaching influence in the world. In 2009, UNESCO officially approved the inclusion of the Dragon Boat Festival in the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage, making it the first festival in China to be included in the world intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is of great historical and practical significance.