HomeTriviaHolidaysDragon Boat Festival
event🎄 Holidays

Dragon Boat Festival Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Dragon Boat Festival? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Dragon boat racing originated from fishermen racing to save Qu Yuan after his suicide.

Click to reveal answer ›

Easy
✓ TRUE

Legend says local fishermen raced their boats to find Qu Yuan's body, beating drums and splashing water to scare away fish.

2.

The festival is always celebrated on June 5th every year, like a fixed holiday.

Click to reveal answer ›

Easy
✗ FALSE

It follows the lunar calendar, falling on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, so the date changes annually (usually May or June).

3.

The Dragon Boat Festival is only celebrated in China and nowhere else in the world.

Click to reveal answer ›

Medium
✗ FALSE

It's also observed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam (as Tết Đoan Ngọ), and by diaspora communities globally.

4.

The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet who drowned himself in protest against government corruption.

Click to reveal answer ›

Medium
✓ TRUE

The festival honors Qu Yuan, a poet and minister who drowned himself in the Miluo River around 278 BCE as a political protest.

5.

Eating zongzi during the festival is meant to feed the dragons so they don't eat the poet's body.

Click to reveal answer ›

Medium
✗ FALSE

Zongzi were originally thrown into the river to prevent fish from eating Qu Yuan's body, not to feed dragons.

6.

Hanging mugwort and calamus on doors is done to keep mosquitoes away during summer.

Click to reveal answer ›

Hard
✓ TRUE

These plants are strongly aromatic and were historically used as natural insect repellents, especially as the hot season began.

7.

Wearing colorful silk pouches filled with herbs is believed to ward off evil spirits and disease.

Click to reveal answer ›

Hard
✓ TRUE

These sachets, often worn by children, contain aromatic herbs like mugwort and are thought to protect against illness and evil during the summer.

8.

Drinking realgar wine on this day is a modern health trend started in the 1990s.

Click to reveal answer ›

Hard
✗ FALSE

Realgar wine has been consumed during the festival for centuries, though it's toxic in large amounts and its use has declined.

More in Holidays

Eid al-AdhaTrivia Questions →RamadanTrivia Questions →Mawlid al-NabiTrivia Questions →Martin Luther King Jr. DayTrivia Questions →Islamic New YearTrivia Questions →
View all Holidays topics →

Want to test yourself in real time?

Swipe right for True, left for False. New questions every day on PopBluff.

Play PopBluff Free →