I always love festivals. A three-day holiday because of the Dragon

Boat Festival! Hooray!

The first thing I want to say is that the Chinese name for Dragon Boat Festival is not related to “dragons” or “boats” at all! So the Chinese name is 端午节 [duānwǔ jié]. 端 comes from 开端 [kāiduān] meaning “to start”. 午 is another name for 五月 [wǔyuè] “May”. And 节 is 节日 [jiérì] “festival”. Because this festival is on May 5th in the Lunar calendar, we call it 端午节 [duānwǔ jié]: “the festival of the start of May”.

Row Dragon Boats

Eat Sticky Rice Dumplings

Make A Fragrant Sachet

Drink Xionhuang