Feel free to use ? Dragon Boat Festival emoji that you can see below. Dragon Boat Festival means the beginning of the hot season – ? Summer. The festival happens every year on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar and has another name – the Double Fifth Festival. This day people usually race dragon boats (dragons are depicted on the boats), eat special ? Rice and drink. People believe that the celebration can help to take the evilness away because the hot summer can bring some diseases.