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Chinese Public and Traditional Holidays

Information, profiles and descriptions about Chinese public holidays as well as traditional holidays.
Dragon Boat Festival
A profile of the Dragon Boat Festival, a public holiday in China.
The Qing Ming or Tomb Sweeping Holiday
A profile of the Qing Ming or Tomb Sweeping holiday in China.
Mid-Autumn Festival in China: Celebrating the Harvest Moon
Falling in the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, or the exact middle of fall, the mid-autumn festival has been a tradition of coming together as a family, celebrating the moon and eating moon cakes in China for centuries.
October 1, National Day of the People's Republic of China
Profile and history of October 1, the National Day of the People's Republic of China
Chinese New Year
What is Chinese New Year? How do the Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year? When is Chinese New Year? Answers to all these questions and more...
International Labor Day in China
May Day holidays are a week long holiday around the first of May in China.

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