ChinaDragon BoatDuanwuChina
Dragon Boat Festival 2025: Duanwu Guide
December 9, 20246 min read
Experience the Dragon Boat Festival with racing boats, zongzi rice dumplings, and traditions honoring poet Qu Yuan.
Dragon Boat Festival: Racing and Traditions
The Dragon Boat Festival (端午节 Duanwu) falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. In 2025, it's celebrated on May 31st with exciting boat races and delicious zongzi.
Dragon Boat Festival 2025
The Legend of Qu Yuan
The festival honors Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who drowned himself in 278 BCE to protest corruption. Villagers raced boats to save him and threw rice into the river to distract fish.
Dragon Boat Racing
The Races
International Events
Dragon boat racing has spread globally, with events in:
Traditional Foods
Zongzi (粽子)
Sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves with various fillings:
Realgar Wine
Traditional drink believed to ward off evil spirits.
Other Traditions
Plan your Dragon Boat Festival with VIPCalendar!
Tags
#Dragon Boat#Duanwu#China#May#Racing
