Chinese traditional festivals, with the changes of the four seasons and the needs of crop arrangements, gradually formed a series of rich and colorful festival customs. HuaYi Network has prepared relevant articles about the Dragon Boat Festival. Come and browse them.

There is no special time requirement for giving gifts for the Dragon Boat Festival, but it is generally better to do it a few days in advance, which shows more respect. If you give gifts after the festival, it is obviously a lack of sincerity. Moreover, people are very busy these days, and whether on weekdays or holidays, they may have plans. It is best to ask in advance if the other person's time is convenient, to avoid disrupting their daily schedule, and this can also highlight etiquette.
You should pay attention to the timing of gift-giving. Although it is said that "different places have different customs", most areas emphasize visiting in the morning, which shows more importance. This also depends on how close the relationship is. If the other person doesn't mind, you can visit and give gifts within the specified time frame.

In traditional Chinese culture, giving gifts for festivals is an important folk custom. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, families in areas such as Wenzhou and Guanzhong in Shaanxi will visit their in-laws' homes, bringing gifts such as zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) and fish and meat to express blessings and respect. This practice is called "sending the festival" or "visiting the festival", meaning going to see the arrival of the festival.
If it is the first Dragon Boat Festival for a newlywed couple, their "visiting the festival" is called "the first year of visiting", also known as "giving the new age". Wealthy families may give up to eighty zongzi, more than one hundred catties of meat, and foods such as fish, chicken, and duck. In addition, they will also give some fruit snacks, jujubes, chestnuts, lychees, and longans as gifts. When the in-laws return the favor, they will give summer clothes, shoes, socks, baby diapers, and fans, as well as a few zongzi for descendants, expressing blessings for many children and grandchildren.

The Dragon Boat Festival follows the lunar calendar.
The Dragon Boat Festival was originally calculated according to the stem-branch calendar, which is the solar calendar. The fifth month of the stem-branch calendar is the month of the dragon, and the fifth day is the day of the dragon, when the dragon star is in the middle of the sky, representing the most "central and upright" position throughout the year. It is both "getting the center" and "getting the right", which is a very auspicious sign. "Duan" also means "beginning," so the first fifth day of the fifth month is called the Dragon Boat Festival. However, during the Han Dynasty, due to the unification of the calendar system between the north and south, the court changed the date of the Dragon Boat Festival to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to facilitate the celebration.