Dragon Boat Festival Culture/religion: Chinese heritage Date: June 14 The Dragon Boat Festival is a public holiday in China that has a several stories of origination. The most common one today is that the Dragon Boat Festival is a holiday commemorating the death of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. It is said that Qu Yuan drowned himself on the fifth day of the fifth lunar … [Read more...] about Cultural and religious observances – June 14-20, 2021