I read of one school in the USA that is going to celebrate Chinese New Year, the Dragon Festival and the Moon Festival (a.k.a Mid-Autumn Festival) all on the same day instead of concentrating on Chinese New Year this year. I have no idea why. Sounds confusing to me!
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on 5/5 lunar and is the 3rd most important Chinese holiday of the year. In 2006, it was May 31st and it will be Tuesday, June 19th in 2007 but in America, many communities hold their dragon boat races later in the year.
My theory is that it can still be pretty cool in May and a delay gives the teams more time to practice. (The 2007 races in New Jersey, USA are June 2nd and October 7th so perhaps my theory needs some work.)
St. Paul is already getting ready for this year's Dragon Boat races in July 2007.
Dragon Boat Coloring Page
