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31 May, Saturday – Tuen of The Festival; 1 July, Tuesday – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day; 1 October, Wednesday – National Day; 7 October, Tuesday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival; 29 October, Wednesday – Chung Yeung Festival; 25 December, Thursday – Christmas Day
Public holidays in Hong Kong consist of a mix of traditional Chinese and Western holidays, such as Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival, along with Christmas and Easter. Other public holidays include National Day (1 October) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July). [1] [2]
In Hong Kong and Macau, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival is a public holiday rather than the festival date itself (unless that date falls on a Sunday, then Monday is also a holiday), because many celebration events are held at night. Many businesses let employees off early on the day before.
Mid-Autumn Festival became an official celebration in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) but there isn’t one single answer to the question of when and how the annual event began.
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival takes place on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. People believe the moon is the most full and luminous during this time of year, which is also the time of the mid-fall ...
Mid-Autumn Festival (10 P) Pages in category "Public holidays in Hong Kong" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The week-long holidays on May (Labor) Day and National Day began in 2000, as a measure to increase and encourage holiday spending. The resulting seven-day or eight-day (if Mid-Autumn Festival is near National Day) holidays are called "Golden Weeks" (黄金 周), and have become peak seasons for travel and tourism. In 2008, the Labor Day holiday ...
The festival — celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, this year Sept. 29 — is an eight-day holiday in East Asian culture. It is a time to give thanks for the ...