China Holiday Chinese New Year
As an official public holiday chinese people can get seven days absence from work from february 11th to 17th.
China holiday chinese new year. Chinese new year is one of the most important traditional holidays in china. The day is celebrated on the first day of the first month according to chinese calendar and is also known as lunar new year. Chinese new year in china.
Spring festival also known as chinese new year and the national day holiday. 2021 is a year of the ox according to chinese zodiac. As is traditional the holiday schedule features two major week long holidays.
The festival lasts for about 23 days ending on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the following year in the chinese calendar. Some people have a half day off on the following four days or anniversaries including women s day youth day children s day and army. Chinese new year celebrations also known as the spring festival in china start on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the chinese calendar.
The day is rooted in centuries old customs and traditions and is one of the most popular public holidays in china. The national annual leave and memorial days regulation enacted in 1949 stipulates the specific days and lengths of national holidays. Chinese new year is the most important holiday in china.
In 2021 the first day of the chinese new year will be on friday 12 february which is the year of the ox. In china there are public holidays on 7 legal festivals in a year namely new year s day chinese new year spring festival qingming festival may day dragon boat festival mid autumn festival and national day. The chinese new year of 2021 falls on february 12th friday and the festival will last to february 26th about 15 days in total.
Spring festival golden week holiday. In 2021 the spring festival falls between february 11 and 17 and the national day holiday between october 1 and 7. Working day on weekend.