DUANWU or Dragon Boat Festival falls on today---June 2nd, 2014 on Solar Calendar or May 5th, 2014 on Chinese Lunar Calendar. SHARE would like to take this opportunity to wish all our hard-working staff a very HAPPY HOLIDAY, without your hard-work, SHARE could not achieve what we have today; And we also like to wish all our clients from home and abroad a HAPPY HOLIDAY.

We are closed from 31th, May to 2nd, June 2014 for the celebration of the holiday.

 Here is the brief introduction of DUANWU or DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL for our overseas clients.

The Dragon Boat or Duanwu Festival is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China.

The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival.The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so the date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2012, it fell on June 23; in 2013, on June 12; and in 2014, it will occur on June 2. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.

The sun is considered to be at its strongest around the time of summer solstice, as the daylight in the northern hemisphere is the longest. The sun, like the Chinese dragon, traditionally represents masculine energy, whereas the moon, like the phoenix, traditionally represents feminine energy. The summer solstice is considered the annual peak of male energy while the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, represents the annual peak of feminine energy. The masculine image of the dragon was thus naturally associated with Duanwu

 

Last modified on Thursday, 05 June 2014