Those who live within a reasonable distance of their relatives’ burial plots will spend the whole day at the cemetery, bringing flowers or food, or burning incense or special remembrance papers. Also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, this holiday celebrates an observance that goes back over 5,000 years – remembering one’s ancestors and visiting their grave sites. 4th or 5th): In 2023, this festival falls on April 5th, but since its tied to the solar calendar (Gregorian), it always falls on either the 4th or 5th. Since the holiday usually falls close to the next holiday, “Qingming”, observers of this holiday usually get 4-5 days off, which makes for a good opportunity to take a trip. The festival involves different activities for each group however, in general, many people celebrate with a lot of singing and dancing while wearing traditional clothing or perhaps taking advantage of the nice weather and going for a picnic or another relaxing outdoor activity. This is a popular festival across Asia for ethnic minorities, such as Zhuang, Yao, Dong and Miao. It is celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month every year. It is an important traditional festival of the Zhuang ethnic group in Guangxi, China.
Gift giving is almost exclusively done by older generations passing out specially designed red envelopes (they must be red) to younger generations that contain cold, hard cash.ĭouble Third Festival (varies): In 2023, this festival falls on Apr. During this time, many people who work far from their hometowns will make the arduous, time-consuming journey back to visit family and friends where they spend several relaxing days together eating, visiting more relatives, making their own small fireworks display or going to see large displays put on by their municipality, and eating some more. With 100’s of millions of people traveling within the span of a few weeks, crowds and traffic jams are unfortunately all too commonplace, and in fact, Chinese New Year is currently the largest human migration on the planet. Commonly, and somewhat confusingly, referred to in China as “Spring Festival”, this is the biggest and arguably most important holiday of the year as nearly everyone in China gets around 10 days off. 22 ( 2023 is the year of Rabbit), but varies each year according to the lunar calendar. While not celebrated with as much anticipation as in most other countries, many young people today enjoy staying up until midnight, going to parties, and/or watching a mass releasing of red Chinese lanterns or fireworks to countdown the end of the year.Ĭhinese New Year (varies): In 2023, Chinese New Year falls on Jan. 1): This festival marks the start of the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar. 8 to 10.ġ day (the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month) The holiday is from May 1 to May 5.ġ day (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) Only applies to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 9 to 16.ģ days (the third day of the third lunar month ) 3 days (the first three days of the first lunar month)
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