Chinese Culture Shop: http://www.chinesecultureshop.com/ Chinese people celebrate eight traditional Chinese festivals, which are Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie), QingMing Festival (Tomb-Sweep Day in English), Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Jie), Double Seventh Festival (QiXi Festival), Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese Moon Cake Festival), Double Ninth Festival (ChongYang Festival), Winter Solstice Festival (DongZhi Festival). These festivals are an important part of Chinese culture and history, both ancient and modern.

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Traditional Chinese Holidays and Festivals (Calendar and Customs)
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Chinese people celebrate eight traditional Chinese festivals, which areChinese New Year
(Spring Festival), Lantern Festival, QingMing Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-
Autumn Festival, ChongYang Festival, and Winter Solstice. These festivals are an
important part of Chinese culture and history, both ancient and modern. The dates of
these celebrations vary from year to year because they are celebrated according to the
Chinese lunar calendar. Also, most of the traditional festivals were developed during the
Qin Dynasty (220-206 BC) and a lot of poems were written during this time period, and
they are still recited regularly today.
Eight Major Chinese Traditional Festivals
Festival
(English)
Festival
(Chinese)
Date
(Lunar)
Customs
Spring Festival Chinese New
Year
1st - 15th of
the first lunar
month
Fireworks after midnight, lucky
money, pay new year visits, the
character Fu
Lantern
Festival
YuanXiaoFestival 15th day of the
first lunar
month
Lantern parade and lion dance,
eating TangYuan, last day of
Chinese New Year celebration
Tomb-
Sweeping
Festival
QingMing
Festival
April 4th or 5th
of the solar
calendar
Tomb sweeping and cleaning,
flying kites, spring outing
Dragon Boat
Festival
DuanWu Festival 5th day of the
fifth lunar
month
Dragon boat race, eat dumplings
wrapped in lotus leaves called
ZongZi,
Double Seven
Festival
QiXi Festival 7th day of
seventh lunar
month
Pray for skillful hands, eat
noodles and JiaoZi, Chinese
Valentine’s day
Mid-Autumn
Festival
ZhongQiu
Festival
15th day of the
eighth lunar
month
Eat mooncake, family reunion
meal, roundest and brightest
moon, light lanterns
Double Ninth
Festival
ChongYang
Festival
9th day of the
ninth lunar
month
Eat ChongYang Cake, drink
chrysanthemum wine, autumn
outing and mountain climbing,
fly kites
Winter Solstice
Festival
ZongZhi Festival December 21st
or 22nd in solar
calendar
Have TangYuan in the southern
areas, dumplings in northern
areas, family gatherings

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Time Table of Chinese Traditional Festivals (2011-2020) – Gregorian Calendar
Festival
Year
Chinese
New
Year
Lantern
Festival
Tomb
Sweeping
Festival
Dragon
Boat
Festival
Double
Seventh
Festival
Mid-
autumn
Festival
Double
Nineth
Festival
Winter
Solstice
Festival
2011 Feb. 3 Feb. 17 Apr. 5 Jun. 6 Aug. 6 Sep. 12 Oct. 5 Dec. 22
2012 Jan. 23 Feb. 6 Apr. 4 Jun. 23 Aug. 23 Sep. 30 Oct. 23 Dec. 21
2013 Feb. 10 Feb. 24 Apr. 4 Jun. 12 Aug. 13 Sep. 19 Oct. 13 Dec. 21
2014 Jan. 31 Feb. 14 Apr. 5 Jun. 2 Aug. 2 Sep. 8 Oct. 2 Dec. 21
2015 Feb. 19 Mar. 5 Apr. 5 Jun. 20 Aug. 20 Sep. 27 Oct. 21 Dec. 22
2016 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 Apr. 4 Jun. 9 Aug. 9 Sep. 15 Oct. 9 Dec. 21
2017 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Apr. 4 May 30 Aug. 28 Oct. 4 Oct. 28 Dec. 21
2018 Feb. 16 Mar. 2 Apr. 5 Jun. 18 Aug. 17 Sep. 24 Oct. 17 Dec. 21
2019 Feb. 5 Feb. 19 Apr. 5 Jun. 7 Aug. 7 Sep. 13 Oct. 7 Dec. 22
2020 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Apr. 4 Jun. 25 Aug. 25 Oct. 1 Oct. 25 Dec. 21

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