A brief introduction of Dragon Boat Festival

The Duanwu Festival is a Chinese traditional and statutory holiday. It is a public holiday in China, where it is known as the "Duanwu Festival". Its alternative name in English is "Dragon Boat Festival", after one of the traditional activities for the holiday. The Duanwu Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, giving rise to the alternative name of Double Fifth. In 2008, this falls on 8 June. The focus of the celebrations include eating zongzi, which are large rice wraps, drink realgar wine, and race dragon boats.