On the 1st month of January, New Year’s Day starts in China and the holidays in China tend to stretch throughout the year. The holidays in China starts out with a bang and goes into the first day of the Chinese calendar, and first moon. This part of the holiday starts late January or sometimes early February. This is the Chinese most important holiday of the year. On the second day and first moon, the holiday continues to the third day and first moon and goes to the third day.
During April, more holidays in China occur which starts April 5, or on the 4th day Leap Years. This holiday is known as the Ching Ming Festival and it starts around 15 days after Vernal Equinox, which is the day the Chinese pay their respects to their ancestors. The Chinese celebrate until Good Friday and on May 1, Labor Day begins. On the 8th day, is the fourth moon, and during this time the Chinese celebrate Buddha’s Birthday, which starts in May. This is not generally a statutory holiday and this celebration was started in 1998.
On the 5th day of the 5th moon, the Dragon Boat Festivities begin. This holiday is also known as Tuen Ng and starts in June usually, which is the celebration for patriotic remembrance. The people get together and enjoy cakes and dragon boat racing. Just imagine celebrating with the Chinese, watching the dragon boats go by. July 1, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day starts. If you want to enjoy a magnificent event, then this holiday is worth looking into. During this even, Hong Kong celebrates the commemoration of Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty. This was the transfer from the UNK to China’s People Republic and it was established as a holiday thereafter.
There is a lot of history behind the last holiday. If you intend to visit Hong Kong during this occasion, you might want to review the history so that you can enjoy each festival event that occurs. On the 16th day of the 8th moon, Mid-Autumn Festivals start around September. This is an important holiday celebration for the Chinese who join to enjoy togetherness and harvest. They get together and light lanterns and eat moon cakes while they observe the moon. The people also put pomelo rinds on their heads during this time, so if you plan to visit, don’t upset the people, join in the fun and wear pomelo rinds too.
Holidays in China can be much fun. Personally, I would give my brother away for a free ticket to enjoy some of the holidays in China. Of course I would want a little spending money to boot, but hey I’m easy to please. By the way, if you plan to visit China on this holiday, take some lanterns and carry them along the way while you enjoy the fabulous festivities.