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端午节 (Duānwǔ Jié)(Festival del Bote del Dragón)

端午节 (Duānwǔ Jié)

Cultural Celebration

Festival tradicional chino en homenaje al poeta Qu Yuan, celebrado con carreras de botes dragón, zongzi (pasteles de arroz glutinoso) y vino de rejalgar.

Información clave

Sistema de calendario
chinese_lunar
Regla de fecha
5.º día del quinto mes del calendario lunar chino (mayo-junio)
Festivo público
Origen
🇨🇳 China

Acerca de este festivo

Festival tradicional chino celebrado el quinto día del quinto mes lunar en homenaje al poeta Qu Yuan, festejado con carreras de botes dragón, zongzi (pasteles de arroz) y vino de rejalgar.

Países (7)

Próximas fechas

Fecha País Festivo público
miércoles, 9 de junio de 2027 🇨🇳 China
miércoles, 9 de junio de 2027 🇹🇼 Taiwán
domingo, 28 de mayo de 2028 🇹🇼 Taiwán
domingo, 28 de mayo de 2028 🇨🇳 China
sábado, 16 de junio de 2029 🇨🇳 China
sábado, 16 de junio de 2029 🇹🇼 Taiwán
miércoles, 5 de junio de 2030 🇨🇳 China
miércoles, 5 de junio de 2030 🇹🇼 Taiwán

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Preguntas frecuentes

The Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Jie) falls on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, this typically occurs in June, between late May and late June.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday commemorating Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet and minister of the state of Chu who drowned himself in protest against corruption. Locals raced dragon boats to try to save him and threw rice dumplings (zongzi) into the water to feed the fish.

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and among Chinese diaspora communities worldwide. Dragon boat racing has also become an international sport with events held in many countries.

Yes, the Dragon Boat Festival is a public holiday in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Workers typically receive a day off, and in China it may be combined with surrounding days to create a longer break.

Traditions include dragon boat racing (teams of paddlers race in long, narrow boats decorated with dragon heads), eating zongzi (sticky rice wrapped in bamboo or lotus leaves), hanging herbs such as mugwort and calamus on doors, and drinking realgar wine. Children wear colorful silk strings and aromatic sachets as talismans.

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