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The two-week Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, [86] sponsored by Southwest Airlines in recent years, includes two fairs, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair and Chinatown Community Street Fair, the Miss Chinatown USA pageant, and concludes with the parade. Miss Chinatown USA is traditionally present at the parade, as is a Golden Dragon which ...
Chinese New Year's Eve and the first 3 days of Chinese New Year; will be made up on subsequent working days if any of the 4 days fall on Saturday or Sunday. The day before Chinese New Year's Eve is also designated as holiday, but as a bridge holiday, and will be made up on an earlier or later Saturday.
In 1982, to celebrate its 150th anniversary, Jardine Matheson sponsored the first fireworks display event. The event received good public response. Since then, it became an annual event of Chinese New Year as a greeting to Hong Kong citizens. The fireworks were cancelled from 2020 to 2023 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2024 fireworks are ...
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In the early 1980s, CCTV director Huang Yihe proposed the idea of hosting a televised party to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and the first CCTV New Year's Gala aired in 1983. [3] Operating on a very low budget, Huang was given a studio of 600 square meters (6,500 sq ft), which could accommodate only 60 staff members and 200 guests. [ 6 ]
20 April 2025 [4] Matsu's Birthday 媽祖誕辰: Public holiday in Taiwan: 4 (四月) 8th 5 May 2025 Buddha's Birthday: 佛誕 / 佛诞: Visit Buddhist temple, offer food to the monks 4 (四月) 8th 5 May 2025 – 9 May 2025 Cheung Chau Bun Festival: 包山節 / 長洲太平清醮: 5 (五月) 5th 31 May 2025 Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)
In 2004, there were calls to shorten Golden Week's duration due to its disruption of the regular economy. In 2006, delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference brought up proposals to cancel both the National Day and May Day Golden Weeks, arguing that the holidays have not achieved significant results in promoting internal consumption, which was the original intention ...
Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village. From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the fifteenth lunisolar day every year by carrying lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and fireworks. [16] Another legend about the origins of Lantern Festival involves a maid named Yuan-Xiao.