Traditional Chinese holidays

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The traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of harvests or prayer offerings. The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), which is also celebrated in Taiwan and overseas ethnic Chinese communities. All traditional holidays are scheduled according to the Chinese calendar (except the Qing Ming and Winter Solstice days, falling on the respective Jie qi in the Agricultural calendar).


































































Date (Chinese Lunar Calendar)
English Name
Chinese Name
Remarks
Last day of lunar year
Chinese New Year Eve
 • 除夕
 • 大年夜

The first day of January (lunar calendar)

Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
 • 農曆新年 / 农历新年
 • 春節 / 春节
 • 大年初一
set fireworks after midnight, visit family members.
Fifteenth day of January (lunar calendar)

Lantern Festival
 • 元宵節 / 元宵节
Lantern parade and lion dance celebrating the first full moon. Eating tangyuan. This day is also the last day of new year celebration.
Second day of February (lunar calendar)

Zhonghe Festival (Blue Dragon Festival)
 • 中和節 / 中和节
 • 青龍節 / 青龙节
Eat Chinese pancakes (Chun bing, 春餅) and noodles, clean the house. Also known as Dragon Raising its Head
Third day of March (lunar calendar)

Shangsi Festival
上巳節 / 上巳节
Traditional Chinese Women's Day, also known as 婦女節/妇女节(fùnǚjié)
At the Qingming solar term, solar longitude of 15°, 104 days after winter solstice (around 5 April)

Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Clear and Bright Festival)
清明節 / 清明节
Visit, clean, and make offerings at ancestral gravesites, spring outing
Eighth day of the fourth lunar month

Buddha's Birthday
佛誕 / 佛诞
Visit Buddhist temple, offer food to the monks
Fifth day of May (lunar calendar)

Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)
端午節 / 端午节
Dragon boat race, eat sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves Zongzi (粽子). This festival commemorates the ancient poet Qu Yuan; drink yellow rice wine, related to the White Snake Lady legend
Seventh day of July (lunar calendar)

Qixi Festival (The Night of Sevens, Magpie Festival)
七夕
According to legend, the goddess "Zhi Nü" (the star Vega) fell in love with the farmer boy "Niu Lang" (the star Altair), but was disapproved by her mother goddess. As punishment, they were separated by the Milky Way and could only meet once a year on this night.
Fifteenth day of July (lunar calendar)

Ghost Festival
中元節 / 中元节
Burn fake paper money and make offerings to ancestors and the dead to comfort them in the afterlife and keep them from troubling the living.
Fifteenth day of August (lunar calendar)

Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival)
中秋節 / 中秋节
Eat mooncake, family union meal, related to the legend of Chang E, the Jade Rabbit and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
Ninth day of September (lunar calendar)

Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival)
重陽節 / 重阳节
Autumn outing and mountain climbing, some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects.
Fifteenth day of October (lunar calendar)
Spirit Festival / Water Lantern Festival
下元節 / 下元节 / 元宵节
Set flower shaped lanterns adrift in a stream or river at sundown, give offerings to deceased whose wandering spirits/ghosts may return at night to visit.
At the Dongzhi solar term, solar longitude of 270°, the day of winter solstice (around 22 Dec.)

Dongzhi Festival (Winter Solstice Festival)
冬至
Have Tangyuan and Jiuniang and perform ancestor worship, Feast day, family gatherings, also named "Chinese Thanksgiving"
The eighth day of December (lunar calendar)

Laba Festival
臘八節 / 腊八节
This is the day the Buddha attained enlightenment. People usually eat Laba congee, which is made of mixed grains and fruits.


Contents





  • 1 Dates for Chinese Traditional Festivals (2010-2015)


  • 2 Public holidays


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Dates for Chinese Traditional Festivals (2010-2015)

































































































































Spring (New Year)
Lantern

Zhonghe Festival

Shang­si

Qing Ming

Dragon Boat

Double Seventh
 Ghost 
Mid-​Autumn
Double Ninth
Water Lan­tern
Winter
  Laba  

2009
Feb 7
Feb 21
Mar 9
Apr 8

Apr 4
Jun 9
Aug 7
Aug 15
Sep 14
Oct 7
Nov 12

Dec 21
Jan 3*

2009
Jan 26
Feb 9
Feb 26
Mar 29

Apr 4
May 28
Aug 26
Sep 3
Oct 3
Oct 26
Dec 1

Dec 22
Jan 22*

2010
Feb 14
Feb 28
Mar 17
Apr 16

Apr 5
Jun 16
Aug 16
Aug 24
Sep 22
Oct 16
Nov 20

Dec 22
Jan 11*

2011
Feb 3
Feb 17
Mar 6
Apr 5

Apr 5
Jun 6
Aug 6
Aug 14
Sep 12
Oct 5
Nov 10

Dec 22
Jan 1*

2012
Jan 23
Feb 6
Feb 23
Mar 24

Apr 4
Jun 23
Aug 23
Aug 31
Sep 30
Oct 23
Nov 28

Dec 21
Jan 19*

2013
Feb 10
Feb 24
Mar 13
Apr 12

Apr 4
Jun 12
Aug 13
Aug 21
Sep 19
Oct 13
Nov 17

Dec 22
Jan 8*

2014
Jan 31
Feb 14
Mar 2
Apr 2

Apr 5
Jun 2
Aug 2
Aug 10
Sep 8
Oct 2
Dec 6

Dec 22
Jan 26*

2015
Feb 19
Mar 5
Mar 21
Apr 21

Apr 5
Jun 20
Aug 20
Aug 28
Sep 27
Oct 21
Nov 26

Dec 22
Jan 17*
* denotes the following Gregorian civil year[1]


Public holidays


Traditional holidays are generally celebrated in Chinese speaking regions. For the most part however, only Chinese New Year, Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are statutory public holidays. This is the case in both mainland China and Taiwan whilst Hong Kong and Macau also observe Buddha's Birthday and Chung Yeung Festival. In Singapore, Chinese New Year is the only traditional Chinese public holiday likewise with Malaysia


Each region has its own holidays on top of this condensed traditional Chinese set. Mainland China and Taiwan observe patriotic holidays, Hong Kong and Macau observe Christian holidays, and Malaysia and Singapore celebrate Malay and Indian festivals.



  • Public holidays in the People's Republic of China
    • Holidays in Hong Kong

    • Holidays in Macau



  • Public holidays in the Republic of China

    • Holidays in Taiwan (including unofficial holidays)

  • Holidays in Singapore

  • Holidays in Malaysia


See also



  • Jingchu Suishiji, an important text on the transition from ancient Chinese festivals to the present traditional ones

  • Culture of China

  • List of annual events in China


References




  1. ^ Dates in table (with exception of Qing Ming) converted to Gregorian civil calendar using the Calendrical Calculations applet Archived 2005-02-16 at the Wayback Machine., 2010-01-05.




External links


  • http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78131.htm

  • http://www.pandaguides.com/china_facts/festivals.html










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