Is Dragon Boat Festival a happy day?

Dragon Boat Festival is an anniversary, not a festive day.

The Dragon Boat Festival is fixed on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year, and this year (20 16) happens to be June 9 of the new calendar.

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, it is midsummer when the sun is on the mountain and it is midsummer in May. Its first afternoon is a sunny day to climb mountains in the sun, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival".