Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong - 2024
10 Jun 2024, Monday
Dragon Boat Festival is a national holiday in Hong Kong
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There are 32 Days until Dragon Boat Festival 2024
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When is Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong 2024?
10 June 2024, Monday is Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong 2024
About: Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the beloved prime minister of the southern Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States Period, about 600 B.C. to 200 B.C., and is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi, which were southern Chinese traditions. Dragon Boat Festival integrates praying for good luck and taking respite from the summer heat. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, becoming the first Chinese holiday to be selected.
Observed by | Chinese |
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Type | Cultural |
Observances | Dragon boat racing, consumption of realgar wine and zongzi |
Date | Fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar |
date | Fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Tango no sekku, Dano, Tết Đoan Ngọ, Yukka Nu Hii |
Wikidata description | Chinese festival |
Wikidata id | Q1254268 |
Wikidata label | Duanwu Festival |
Wikidata aliases | Array |
Dragon Boat Festival (2024) in other countries.
S.no. | Country | Date | Holiday | Type |
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1 | China | 10 Jun, Monday | Dragon Boat Festival | National holiday |
2 | Hong Kong | 10 Jun, Monday | Dragon Boat Festival | National holiday |
3 | Macau | 10 Jun, Monday | Dragon Boat Festival | National holiday |
4 | Taiwan | 10 Jun, Monday | Dragon Boat Festival | National holiday |