中國民間的傳統節日，在夏曆五月初五，也叫“端陽”、“蒲節”、“天中節”、“大長節”、“沐蘭節”、“女兒節”、“小兒節”。它是漢族的傳統節日之一此外，端午節還有許多別稱，如：午日節、重五節，五月節、浴蘭節、女兒節，天中節、地臘、詩人節、龍日、艾節、端五、夏節、重午、午日等等。雖然名稱不同，但總體上說，各地人民過節的習俗還是同多於異的。 時至今日，端午節仍是中國人民中一個十分盛行的隆重節日。
A traditional Chinese Folk Festival, in the fifth day of the fifth lunar month lunar calendar in May, also called the "Dragon Boat Festival", "Dragon Boat Festival", "day day", "long day", "Mu Lan day", "daughter Festival", "children's day". It is one of the Chinese traditional festival the Dragon Boat Festival and many another name, such as: Good afternoon, section, section five, May Festival, bath Festival, daughter of festival, festival days, to LA, poet Festival, dragon day, AI Festival, at the end of five, the summer festival, afternoon, afternoon and so on. Although the names are different, but generally speaking, people around the custom of the feast or more than the same. Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is the Chinese people is still a very popular in the grand festival.
端午節是全年四大節之一。五月是毒月，五日是毒日，五日的中午又是毒時，居三毒之端。端午節又叫“五月端”。五月是整個熱天的開端，五毒蛇開始活躍，鬼魅魍魎也會猖獗，這些都會給人特別是會給無所顧忌又無抵抗能力的孩子帶來災難，必須在五月端這天集中地爲孩子消災防毒，因此，人們又把五月端午節說成是“小孩節”或“娃娃節”。
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four major festivals throughout the year. May is the month of five days is poison, poison, five noon is poison, poison ranks three in the end. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called "the end of the May". May is the beginning of summer, the beginning of the five active snakes, ghosts and monsters are rampant, these will give people in particular will give no children and no resistance to bring disaster, must focus on that day in May at the end of anti disaster for the children, therefore, the people and the Dragon Boat Festival in May as a "children's Day" or "doll festival".
過端午節，是中國人二千多年來的傳統習慣，由於地域廣大，民族衆多，部分蒙古、回、藏、苗、彝、壯、布依、朝鮮、侗、瑤、白、土家、哈尼、畲、拉祜、水、納西族、達斡爾、仫佬、羌、仡佬、錫伯族、普米、鄂溫克、裕固、鄂倫春等少數民族也過此節，加上許多故事傳說，於是不僅產生了衆多相異的節名，而且各地也有着不盡相同的習俗。其內容主要有：女兒回孃家，掛鐘馗像，迎鬼船、躲午，帖午葉符，懸掛菖蒲、艾草，遊百病，佩香囊，備牲醴，賽龍舟，比武，擊球，盪鞦韆，給小孩塗雄黃，飲用雄黃酒、菖蒲酒，吃五毒餅、鹹蛋、糉子和時令鮮果等，除了有迷信色彩的.活動漸已消失外，其餘至今流傳中國各地及鄰近諸國。有些活動，如賽龍舟等，已得到新的發展，突破了時間、地域界線，成爲了國際性的體育賽事。
The Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional Chinese habits of more than two thousand years, because of the vast territory, numerous nationalities, part of Mongolia, Hui and Tibetan, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Bai, North Korea, Tujia, Hani, Yu, Lahu, water, Naxi, Daur, Mulao, Qiang, Gelao, Xibe, Pumi, Ewenki, Yugur, E Lunchun and other ethnic minorities also have this day, plus many stories, not only have so many different section, but also has the same throughout. The main contents are: his daughter back home, the clock up like, welcome the ghost ship, hide afternoon, with midday leaf character, hang calamus, wormwood, travel sickness, Sachet, prepared sweet wine offerings, dragon boat race, tournament, batting, swing, give the child Tu Xionghuang, drinking realgar wine, sweet wine, eat a cake, salted eggs, dumplings and seasonal fruits, in addition to a superstitious activities have gradually disappear, the other has spread throughout China and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, has been the development of new, breakthrough time and geographical boundaries, become an international sporting event.
端午祭正式被韓國申請爲非物質文化遺產，並已獲得成功，這對我們中國人本國文化遺產的保護也是一次深刻的教訓。
The Dragon Boat Festival was officially apply for non-material cultural heritage of Korea, and has been successful, which is the Chinese people to protect their cultural heritage is also a profound lesson.
