2.Introduction

There are seven official holidays in China. Five of these are three-day holidays. There are two week-long national holidays in China: Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, in January or February and National Day holiday, which is the first week of October.

A unique feature of Chinese holidays is that weekends, which are usually days off for office workers, are worked if there is a public holiday that week. For example if Monday to Wednesday was a public holiday then the weekend before would be worked, so the statutory holiday is effectively only one day.

Only Hong Kong and Macau have public holidays for Christmas.

In this project, we will focus on the general introduction of Chinese New Year, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Moon Festival.

Please master these holidays names in Chinese: 春節（中國新年），清明節，端午節，和中秋節（节）and their falling month and dates.

Also students should know why Chinese holidays are celebrated per lunar calendar and what are the traditions for each holiday.

China's 2017 and 2018 Public Holiday Calendar