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4 days (Chinese New Year's Eve, 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of 1st Lunisolar month) [1] Spring Festival [a] (aka Chinese New Year) 春节: Chūnjié: Usually occurs in late January or early February. The most important holiday, celebrating the start of a new year 5 April (4 or 6 April in some years) 1 day: Tomb-Sweeping Day: 清明节: Qīngmíng jié
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. In Taiwan , the public holiday was in the past observed on 5 April to honor the death of Chiang Kai-shek on that day in 1975, but with Chiang's popularity ...
April 5, 2020 Cold Food Festival: 3 (三月) 15th April 7, 2020 [3] God of Medicine's Birthday 保生大帝誕辰 Public holiday in Taiwan: 3 (三月) 23rd April 15, 2020 [4] Matsu's Birthday 媽祖誕辰 Public holiday in Taiwan: 4 (四月) 8th April 30, 2020 Buddha's Birthday: 佛誕 / 佛诞 Visit Buddhist temple, offer food to the monks 4 ...
Traditionally it was the most important holiday of the year. It is an official holiday in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Mauritius. It is also a public holiday in Thailand's Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Satun provinces, and is an official public school holiday in New York City.
This year, Ramadan and Passover are the main major holidays occurring in April. While Ramadan started during the previous month on Sunday, March 10, it runs until Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Holidays in China may refer to: Traditional Chinese holidays; Public holidays in China; Public holidays in Taiwan; Public holidays in Hong Kong; Public holidays in Macau;
Check out this list of April holidays, observances and awareness months. Find a reason to celebrate each day, week or all month long. ... April 4 to 9: National Wildlife Week. April 6 to 13 ...
The Cold Food or Hanshi Festival (寒食节) is a traditional Chinese holiday which developed from the local commemoration of the death of the Jin nobleman Jie Zitui in the 7th century BC under the Zhou dynasty, into an occasion across East Asia for the commemoration and veneration of ancestors by the 7th-century Tang dynasty.