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Chinese Holidays 中国假日

Following is a list of holidays. 

for more informationSee CHINA 

 

2009

New Year's Day - Spring Festival  

 

 

2008

Official Chinese Holidays:

 

New Year's Day (January 1)

International Women's Day (March 8)

Tree-Planting Day (April 1)

International Labor Day (May 1)

Youth Day (May 4)

Children's Day (June 1)

The CCP's Birthday (July 1)

Army's Day (August 1)

Teacher's Day (September 1) 

National Day (October 1)

 

Chinese Traditional Holidays

(lunar-solar system):

 
Lantern Festival (15th of the 1st month)
Duan Wu (Dragon Boat) Festival (5th of the 5th month)
The Seventh Eve (7th of the seventh month)
Mid-Autumn Festival (15th of the eighth month)
Spring Festival (The Chinese New Year) (1st of the 1st month)
 
Chinese Minority Nationalities' Holidays
There are 56 nationalities in China and each of them has their own festivals. The following only lists the major events in the minority group. Info for Minority Groups in China )
 
The Zhuang Song Festival

The Bai Third Moon Fair

The Dai (Tai) Water sprinkling Festival

The Tibetan New Year

The Mongolian Nadam Fair

The Yao Danu Festival

The Yi Torch Festival

The Miao New Year Festival

The Dong Fire-Works Festival

The Bouyei Dancing Party

The Tujia, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan Songfest

The Moslem Corban Festival

The Jing Singing Festival

The Lisu Scimitar Rung Festival

The Jingbo Dancing Festival