m-coon Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Hi All,Would somebody be so kind as to either tell me or direct me to a location on the net where I can get a complete list of Chinese holidays??? My wife is all the time mentioning that she is off work for some holiday that I do not understand. It seems they have many holidays and that they are very long holidays - sometimes a entire week. I really want to know these dates.Thanks,Scott (m-coon) Link to comment
david_dawei Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Chinese Holidays & Festivals http://www.index-china.com/index-english/c...se_holidays.htm http://www.trfcc.org/info/holiday.htm Link to comment
Dan R Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Looks like that is a fair listing David. Remember Traditional holidays such as New Year (up to 3 weeks off but at least a week) are on the Chinese calendar so they shift every year on the Western or Gregorian calendar. One of the things Chinese are often amazed at is how few holidays we have and "only a three day weekend!". Link to comment
m-coon Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 HI,None of these links mention for how many days the holiday is celebrated. Do you have any info on this part of the question?Thanks,Scott(m-coon) Link to comment
david_dawei Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 http://www3.sympatico.ca/ccsr/c2005.html Link to comment
tywy_99 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Below is a pretty good site. China the Beautiful Link to comment
sawadee Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 China (Mainland) Public Holidays(actual days-off) New Year ----------Jan.1st Chinese New Year -------- flexible according to lunar calendar, 7 days off, usually during end of Jan to mid of Feb. Lady's Fest -------- Mar. 8th, Ladies entitled to 0.5 day off May Day(Labour Day) ------- May 1st -7th Kid's Fest ------- Jun. 1st, Parents with kids entitled to 0.5 day off, kids 1 day off. Army's Celebration Day ------- Aug.1st, all army members are entitled to 0.5 day off. National Day------- Oct.1st-7th Thats all Totally we have 3 long holidays, in Feb.(usually), May and Oct., we have to work on weekends prior or after the 7 day holiday.(Government just shifts the weekends and work days to make a long holiday so people can travel, actually it is only 3 days holiday) Link to comment
CR1togo Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Yeah and school kids even attend school on Saturday and SUNDAY to compensate for the holidays. Takes some adjustment to the American mind set, likewise, the Post Office is open 7 days a week until 8PM down the street. acw Link to comment
adambchildress Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 There is a great book you need to get its called GOOD LUCK LIFE i wont go into the details of it because its already listed in the our stories catagory on this site. here is a link to it book Link to comment
HanLi Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Off topic reply.... Brazil gets more holidays than anything I have ever seen... last time their national team won the World Cup in Soccer, their President declared a National Holiday...... every opportunity to party, they do...... Link to comment
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