The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar.
SO this isThe story best known of the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period. QuYuan was banished for opposing the alliance and even accused of treason. During his exile, Qu Yuan wrote a great deal of poetry. Twenty-eight years later, QuYuan was despaired . He committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River.