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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 ...
In all these holidays, if the holiday lands on a weekend, the days will be reimbursed after the weekend. The Chinese New Year and National Day holidays are three days long. The week-long holidays on May (Labor) Day and National Day began in 2000, as a measure to increase and encourage holiday spending.
Celebration of the end of the year, celebration of the enlightenment of the Buddha: Observances: Consumption of Laba congee, etc. Date: 8th day of the 12th lunar month: 2024 date: 18 January: 2025 date: 7 January: Related to: Bodhi Day Rohatsu (in Japan) Other related festivals Vesak (in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos)
Here's a list of all the October 2024 national holidays and observances, like Halloween, International Coffee Day, World Smile Day and many more fun holidays.
National Day (Chinese: 国庆节; pinyin: guóqìng jié; lit. 'national celebration day'), officially the National Day of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国庆节), is a public holiday in China celebrated annually on 1 October as the national day of the People's Republic of China, commemorating Mao Zedong's formal proclamation of the establishment of the People's ...
In fact, there are dozens of holidays and observances throughout the month including one very special date that we only get to commemorate every four years. That's right, Leap Day is this February ...
The month of February 2024 has many official and unofficial holidays, weekly observances and awareness days to celebrate. Be sure to mark them on your calendar!
The origins of the Qingming Festival go back more than 2500 years, although the observance has changed significantly. It became a public holiday in mainland China in 2008, where it is associated with the consumption of qingtuan, [15] green dumplings made of glutinous rice and Chinese mugwort or barley grass.