Is there overtime pay for Dragon Boat Festival?
According to the State Council's regulations on national legal holidays, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday time is the day of the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and weekends are allowed. Therefore, if the unit arranges workers to work overtime during the Dragon Boat Festival, it shall pay the workers overtime wages not less than 300% of their daily wages. Those who work overtime during the rest period shall pay overtime compensation of not less than 200% of their daily salary. If the employer arranges overtime work on holidays but fails to pay overtime wages, the employee shall report to the labor inspection department or contact the labor arbitration department for labor arbitration. At the same time, when you complain, you should provide some evidence of overtime. Workers can find overtime witnesses or attendance sheets and other materials that can prove overtime. As for the practice that some units choose to give employees holiday gifts such as zongzi and eggs to offset overtime pay, the staff said that holiday gifts are benefits given by the units to employees and cannot offset overtime pay.
Is there a dragon and lion dance on the Dragon Boat Festival?
In some areas, there are, because dragon and lion dances are generally Spring Festival activities. Dragon dance in the Spring Festival, also known as dragon dance and dragon lantern dance, is a traditional folk entertainment activity with unique national characteristics in China. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, China has the custom of playing dragon lanterns in both urban and rural areas. The custom of "dragon dancing" is the legacy of "offering sacrifices to heaven" in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. Dragons are usually regarded as "auspicious things" by the ancients and appear in celebrations and sacrifices. "Dragon Dance" contains the ancient people's good wishes of "good weather for the country and peace for the people" and also means "praying for the New Year". The "dragon body" of dragon dance is a dragon head, a dragon body and a dragon tail made of bamboo sticks, ranging from 3 knots to 10 knots, and the number of knots is mostly odd. Festivals are connected with 100 ~ 170 cm silk, and then Jackie Chan's image is colored. There are lighted lamps and candles in each festival, and wooden handles are installed under the festival, which can be held when dancing.
Can I get married on Dragon Boat Festival?
Of course. Of course, you can get married around the Dragon Boat Festival. Although some elderly people think that the Dragon Boat Festival is not the best festival for marriage, and there is no sustainable basis, it is just an imaginary folk custom, so there is no need to be too superstitious. Legend has it that in ancient times, people called May "Nine Poisonous Month" and the Dragon Boat Festival was the first day of poison. Poisonous gas attacks the body, and evil spirits are very powerful. There is also a legend that this day is the day of making love between heaven and earth, so men and women need to ban sexual intercourse on this day, which is not suitable for making love. Although the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is a legal holiday, people enjoy a three-day holiday according to law, but this day is not a wedding. The reason is that the Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of May every year, which is the anniversary of Yang Gong's death. According to legend, Yang Junsong, a geomantic master in the Tang Dynasty, formulated the "Thirteen Taboos for Yang Gong" according to the order of "Twenty-eight Stars". These thirteen "taboo days" are 1 month 13, February 1 day, March 9, April 7, May 5, June 3, July1day, July 29, and July 29.
What activities can I do during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China. After the Dragon Boat Festival, there are various activities to be carried out, such as rowing dragon boats, eating zongzi, making zongzi, inserting mugwort leaves, drinking realgar wine, magnolia soup, flying kites, wearing ornaments and making cakes. Before the dragon boat race, please invite dragons to offer sacrifices to the gods. For example, before the Dragon Boat Festival in Guangdong, you should go out of the water, worship the Nanhai God in the Nanhai Temple, install the dragon head and tail, and then prepare for the race. And buy a pair of paper cocks and put them on the dragon boat, thinking that they can keep the boat safe. At the end of the Dragon Boat Festival, every household began to make zongzi. Zongzi tastes sweet and salty, and its fillings are rich and varied. Generally, there are glutinous rice, sugar, all kinds of beans, meat, egg yolk and other foods.