Upcoming Chinese Festivals and Holidays in 2015-16

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Jul 30, 2015
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ARMY DAY 建军节 jiàn jūn jié

DOUBLE SEVEN FESTIVAL 七夕节 qīxī jié

Qi Xi Festival 七夕节 Qī xī jié – often called “Double Seven” or “Chinese Valentine’s Day” – falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.Traditionally, this festival is a time for young Chinese girls to demonstrate their domestic arts (e.g. sewing, melon carving) and pray for intelligence, good needle work and marital happiness. A girl might even drop a needle in the water, and if it doesn’t sink, that means she’s mature enough to find a husband!

SPIRIT FESTIVAL 中元节 zhōng yuán jié

TEACHER'S DAY 教师节 jiàoshī jié

AUTUMN EQUINOX 秋分 qiū fēn

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL 中秋节 zhōngqiū jié

NATIONAL DAY 国庆节 guóqìng jié

From :1-7 Oct China Public Holiday

CHONGYANG FESTIVAL 重阳节 chóngyáng jié or Double Ninth Festival

HALLOWEEN 万圣节 wànshèngjié

THANKSGIVING 感恩节 gǎn'ēn jié

WINTER SOLSTICE 冬至 dōngzhì

CHRISTMAS DAY 圣诞节 shèngdàn jié

NEW YEAR 元旦 yuándàn

LABA FESTIVAL 腊八节 làbā jié

SPRING FESTIVAL 春节 chūnjié

The biggest celebration. The biggest household. That’s Spring Festival in the Forbidden City of Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. A total of 24 emperors from two families – the Zhu (Han) and the Aisin-Gioro (Manchu) – reigned for over 500 years through the two final imperial dynasties of China.