IN the festival
We eat rice-dumpling ON the Dragon Boat Festival.
Should we use ON or IN here?Thank you all!

Further, do we say " I am going to travel to London ON Christmas holiday. "

Is "ON" the correct preposition here ?

Question

IN the festival
We eat rice-dumpling ON the Dragon Boat Festival.
Should we use ON or IN here?Thank you all!

Further, do we say " I am going to travel to London ON Christmas holiday. "

Is "ON" the correct preposition here ?

Answer

The preposition "in" would be preferred, because the festival is a closed-end period of time. However, it doesn't sound right to my ear, possibly because of the word "boat". I would therefore recommend using "during" in this case.

Answer

[ on the day of ]

We eat rice-dumplings on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

We drink rice wine on the day of the wedding.

Answer

Correction: We eat rice-dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival.

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