{"id":16548,"date":"2021-01-27T13:42:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=16548"},"modified":"2021-01-27T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:42:34","slug":"chinas-2021-holiday-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinas-2021-holiday-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s 2021 Holiday Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Chinese holidays are you familiar with? We’ve covered most of them here on the blog at some point. I’ve been fortunate enough to celebrate all the major Chinese holidays in my years of living in both Beijing and Kunming. There are many holidays in China \u2013 both public and unofficial \u2013 throughout the year. Here\u2019s China’s 2021 holiday calendar along with links to relevant posts for those we\u2019ve already covered in the past.<\/p>\n

\"Getting<\/a>

A dragon dance before the New Year.<\/p><\/div>\n

Public Holidays in China<\/h2>\n

China currently has seven public holidays. Some are the same day every year, while many are based on the traditional lunar calendar and thus change on a year-to-year basis. Here\u2019s a table of the 2018 holidays with the date, Chinese name,\u00a0pinyin<\/em>, and English translation:<\/p>\n

January 1
\nFebruary 11
\nFebruary 12
\nApril 4
\nMay 1
\nJune 14
\nSeptember 21
\nOctober 1<\/div>
\u5143\u65e6
\n\u9664\u5915
\n\u6625\u8282
\n\u6e05\u660e\u8282
\n\u52b3\u52a8\u8282
\n\u7aef\u5348\u8282
\n\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282
\n\u56fd\u5e86\u8282<\/div>
yu\u00e1n d\u00e0n
\nch\u00fa x\u00ec
\nch\u016bn ji\u00e9
\nq\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e9
\nl\u00e1o d\u00f2ng ji\u00e9
\ndu\u0101n w\u01d4 ji\u00e9
\nzh\u014dng qi\u016b ji\u00e9
\ngu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9<\/div>
New Year\u2019s Day
\nSpring Festival Eve
\nSpring Festival
\nTomb Sweeping
\nLabor Day
\nDragon Boat Festival
\nMid-Autumn Festival
\nNational Day<\/div>
<\/div><\/p>\n

*Note: There are eight holidays listed in the table so you can learn the vocabulary for Spring Festival Eve, as it\u2019s one of the most important days in China.<\/p>\n

\"Chinese<\/a>

Spring Festival in southeast Yunnan.<\/p><\/div>\n

When it comes to holidays, nobody makes it as complicated as China. Most holidays are just one day, while the two biggest ones \u2013\u00a0Spring Festival<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0National Day<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 are three. These are both dubbed \u201cGolden Weeks<\/strong>\u201d (\u9ec4\u91d1\u5468 \u2013 hu\u00e1ng j\u012bn zh\u014du), as they are made into a 7-day holiday by having people work on one of the surrounding weekends. Thus, it\u2019s not uncommon to work seven days in a row before having seven off. In the lead up to the holiday, airports, train stations, and roads are a clogged mess. Needless to say, the big holidays can be quite a stressful time in China.<\/p>\n