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Dragon Boat Festival is coming up.
Wednesday, 9 June 2027
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About Dragon Boat Festival
Tuen Ng: dragon boat races and sticky rice dumplings (zongzi), remembering the poet Qu Yuan.
From Wikipedia: Dragon Boat Festival, CC BY-SA 4.0
In 2027 it falls on a Wednesday; we add later years once their dates are published. Also in June 2027: World Oceans Day (8 Jun), Coral Triangle Day (9 Jun) and Portugal Day (10 Jun). From this page you can add it to your calendar, get an email before it, share the countdown, or show it full screen.
How we work out the date
It’s the 5th day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar.
Dates
Wednesday, 9 June 2027. We add later years once each date is confirmed.
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