what is the meaning of the dragon boat festival
commemorating fealty and filial piety
title: Dragon Boat Festival text: Dragon Boat Festival The Duanwu Festival, also often known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional holiday originating in China, occurring near the summer solstice. It is also known as Zhongxiao Festival (), commemorating fealty and filial piety. The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar, which is the source of the festival's alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so the date of the festival varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2016, it occurred on 9 June; in 2017, on 30 title: Dragon Boat Festival text: Dano. It is a significant traditional holiday in the Korean Culture. In North Korea it is an official holiday. In Indonesian, the festival is known as "Peh Cun", which is derived from Hokkien (). The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. A cadet member of the Chu royal house, Qu served in high offices. However, when the king decided to ally with the increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu title: Dragon boat text: in many cultures around the world. Traditional dragon boat racing, in China, coincides with the "5th day of the 5th Chinese lunar month" (varying from late May to June on the modern Gregorian Calendar). The summer solstice occurs around 21 June and is the reason why Chinese refer to their festival as "Duan Wu" or "Duen Ng". Both the sun and the dragon are considered to be male (the moon and the mythical phoenix, however, are considered to be female). The sun and the dragon are at their most potent during this time of the year, so cause for observing title: Dragon Boat Festival text: the Japanese holiday of Children's Day (Japan). Three of the most widespread activities conducted during the Duanwu Festival are eating (and preparing) "zongzi", drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats. Dragon boat racing has a rich history of ancient ceremonial and ritualistic traditions, which originated in southern central China more than 2500 years ago. The legend starts with the story of Qu Yuan, who was a minister in one of the Warring State governments, Chu. He was slandered by jealous government officials and banished by king. Out of disappointment in the Chu monarch, he drowned himself into the Miluo river. title: Dragon Boat Festival text: original position as the first seventh-day (, "Wǔrì") in the fifth month (, "Wǔyuè") of the traditional Chinese calendar, which was also known as ("Wǔ"). People's Republic of China use "Dragon Boat Festival" as the official English translation of the holiday, while Hong Kong calls it the "Tuen Ng Festival" and Macao calls it "Dragon Boat Festival ("Tun Ng")" in English and "Festividade do Barco-Dragão" ("Tung Ng") in Portuguese. Among Malaysian, Singaporean, and Taiwanese Hokkien speakers, the festival is also known as the "Fifth Month Festival," the "Fifth Day Festival," and the "Dumpling Festival." In Korea, the holiday is called