Chinese lunar calendar
date (every year)
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Gregorian date
(for the current year)
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English Name
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Chinese Name
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Description
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1st day of the 1st month
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Saturday, 10 February 2024
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Chinese New Year
(Spring Festival)
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• 農曆新年 / ??新年
(Nong Li X?n Nian)
• 春節 / 春?
(Ch?n Jie)
• 大年初一
(Da Nian Ch? Y?)
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Set off fireworks after midnight; visit family members
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15th day of the 1st month
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Saturday, 24 February 2024
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Lantern Festival
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• 元宵節 / 元宵?(Yuan Xi?o Jie)
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Lantern parade and lion dance celebrating the first full moon. Eating
tangyuan
. This day is also the last day of new year celebration. This is
Tourism Day in Taiwan
.
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2nd day of the 2nd month
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Monday, 11 March 2024
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Zhonghe Festival
(Blue Dragon Festival)
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• 中和節 / 中和?(Zh?ng He Jie)
• ?龍節 / ???(Q?ng Long Jie)
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Eat Chinese pancakes (Ch?n B?ng, 春?) and noodles, clean the house. Also known as
Dragon Raising its Head
This is
Earth God's Birthday in Taiwan
.
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19th day of the 2nd month
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Thursday, 28 March 2024
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Guanyin
's Birthday
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觀音誕 / ?音? (Gu?n Y?n Dan)
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Pray to Guanyin, make offerings to the bodhisattva, some households will also cleanse themselves by eating vegetarian on this day.
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At the
Qingming
solar term
,
solar longitude
of 15°, 15th days after
Chunfen
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Thursday, 4 April 2024
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Qingming Festival
(Tomb Sweeping Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Clear and Bright Festival)
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?明節 / ?明?
(Q?ng Ming Jie)
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Visit, clean, and make offerings at ancestral gravesites, spring outing
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105th day after
Dongzhi
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Friday, 5 April 2024
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Cold Food Festival
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寒食節 / 寒食? (Han Shi Jie)
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?
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3rd day of the 3rd month
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Thursday, 11 April 2024
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Shangsi Festival
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上巳節 / 上巳? (Shang Si Jie)
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Traditional Chinese Women's Day, also known as 婦女節 / ?女? (Fu N? Jie).
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Beginning on the 15th day of the 3rd month
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Tuesday, 23 April 2024
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Third Month Fair
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三月街 (S?nyue Ji?)
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Festival celebrated by the
Bai people
of
Yunnan
.
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8th day of the 4th month
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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
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Buddha's Birthday
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佛誕 / 佛?
(Fo Dan)
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Visit Buddhist temple, offer food to the monks
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5th day of the 5th month
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Monday, 10 June 2024
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Duanwu Festival
(Dragon Boat Festival)
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端午節 / 端午?
(Du?n W? Jie)
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Dragon boat race, eat sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves
Zong Zi
(
?子
). This festival commemorates the ancient poet
Qu Yuan
; drink yellow rice wine, related to the White Snake Lady legend
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6th day of the 6th month
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Thursday, 11 July 2024
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Double Sixth Festival
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天?? / 天?節
(Ti?n Kuang Jie)
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Belongings are brought into the sun to receive heaven's blessings
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7th day of the 7th month
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Saturday, 10 August 2024
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Qixi Festival
(The Night of Sevens, Magpie Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day)
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七夕
(Q? X?)
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According to legend, the goddess "Zhi Nu" (the star
Vega
) fell in love with the farmer boy "Niu Lang" (the star
Altair
), but was disapproved by her mother goddess. As punishment, they were separated by the
Milky Way
and could only meet once a year on this night.
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15th night of the 7th month (14th in parts of southern China)
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Sunday, 18 August 2024
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Ghost Festival
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中元節 / 中元?
(Zh?ng Yuan Jie)
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Burn fake paper money and make offerings to ancestors and the dead to comfort them in the afterlife and keep them from troubling the living.
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15th day of the 8th month
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Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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Mid-Autumn Festival
(Moon Festival)
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中秋節 / 中秋?
(Zh?ng Qi? Jie)
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Eat
mooncake
, family union meal, related to the legend of
Chang E
, the
Jade Rabbit
and
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
, also called "Chinese Thanksgiving".
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9th day of the 9th month
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Friday, 11 October 2024
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Double Ninth Festival
(Chongyang Festival)
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重陽節 / 重??
(Chong Yang Jie)
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Autumn outing and mountain climbing, some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects.
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1st day of the 10th month
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Friday, 1 November 2024
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Winter Clothes Day
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寒衣節 / 寒衣?
(Han Y? Jie)
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?
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At the
Dongzhi
solar term
,
solar longitude
of 270°, the day of
winter solstice
(around 21-23 Dec.)
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Saturday, 21 December 2024
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Dongzhi Festival
(Winter Solstice Festival)
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冬至
(D?ng Zhi)
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Have
Tangyuan
and
Jiuniang
and perform
ancestor worship
, Feast day, family gatherings, also named "Chinese Thanksgiving"
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8th day the 12th month
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Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Laba Festival
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臘八節 / ?八?
(La B? Jie)
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This is the day the Buddha attained enlightenment. People usually eat Laba congee, which is made of mixed grains and fruits. Beginning of the preparation for Chinese new year.
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Last day of lunar year
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Friday, 9 February 2024
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Chinese New Year’s Eve
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• 除夕
(Chu X?)
• 大年夜
(Da Nian Ye)
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?
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