每年農歷五月初五是端午節，2013年的端午節是：2013年6月12日。
The year May in Chinese lunar calendar is Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival is: June 12, 2013 2013.
端午節簡介：
The Dragon Boat festival:
端午節是中華民族古老的傳統節日之壹。端午也稱端五，端陽。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。
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the oldest traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival also known as the end of five, the Dragon Boat festival. In addition, there are many nicknames, the Dragon Boat Festival such as: Good afternoon, section, section five, May Festival, bath Festival, daughter of festival, festival days, to LA, poet Festival, dragon, etc.. Although the names are different, but generally speaking, people around the holiday with different customs or more.
過端午節，是中國人二千多年來的傳統習慣，由於地域廣大，民族眾多，加上許多故事傳說，於是不僅產生了眾多相異的節名，而且各地也有著不盡相同的習俗。其內容主要有：女兒回娘家，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，蕩秋千，給小孩塗雄黃，飲用雄黃酒、菖蒲酒，吃五毒餅、鹹蛋、粽子和時令鮮果等，除了有迷信色彩的活動漸已消失外，其余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，成為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, plus many stories, not only have so many different section, but also all over with different customs. 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 children Xionghuang, drinking realgar yellow wine, sweet wine, eat cake, salted eggs, dumplings and seasonal fruits, in addition to a superstitious activities have gradually disappear, the rest 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.
關於端午節的由來，說法甚多，諸如：紀念屈原說；紀念伍子胥說 ；紀念曹娥說；起於三代夏至節說；惡月惡日驅避說，吳月民族圖騰祭說等等。以上各說，各本其源。據學者聞壹多先生的《端午考》和《端午的歷史教育》列舉的百余條古籍記載及專家考古考證，端午的起源，是中國古代南方吳越民族舉行圖騰祭的節日，比屈原更早。但千百年來，屈原的愛國精神和感人詩辭，已廣泛深入人心，故人們“惜而哀之，世論其辭，以相傳焉”，因此，紀念屈原之說，影響最廣最深，占據主流地位。在民俗文化領域，中國民眾把端午節的龍舟競渡和吃粽子等，都與紀念屈原聯系在壹起。
The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, is a lot, such as: to commemorate Qu Yuan said; memorial said; to commemorate Cao E said; in three generations of the Summer Solstice Festival said; evil repellent on that evil day, Wu month national totem offering etc.. The above said, the source of this. According to hundreds of ancient records and archaeological research experts and scholars of Mr. Wen Yiduo's "dragon" and "Dragon Boat history exam education" list, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, is China's South Wu Yue ancient totem national festival held in the festival, earlier than Qu Yuan. But for thousands of years, Qu Yuan's patriotism and his touching poem, has been widely win support among the people, so people "cherish and cry, the theory of Ci, to how the legend", therefore, to commemorate Qu Yuan said, the most widely affected the most, occupy the mainstream position. In the field of folk culture, the Chinese people in the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat races and eating rice dumplings, are linked with the commemoration of Qu Yuan.
時至今日，端午節仍是中國人民中壹個十分盛行的隆重節日。
Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is the Chinese people is still a very popular in the grand festival.