Chinese Holidays and Festivals
Chinese Holidays and Festivals
- Spring/Lunar New year/Chinese New Year Festival (pick your name). I put together an events calendar for the US and Canada, page of background information, lesson plan, etc.
- Lantern Festival - Happens 15 days after Chinese New Year.
- Dragon Head Festival
- Clear and Bright Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival - Information includes events calendar for the US & Canada and background information.
- Double Seventh Night - Chinese Valentines Day
- Mid Autumn Festival, Harvest Festival, Moon Festival - Information includes events calendar for the US & Canada and background information.
- Double Ninth Day
- Laba Festival - The Day Budha received enlightenment
- Kitchen God Day
- Children's Day - June 1st\
- Ancestor Day or Tomb Sweeping Day - cleaning ancestor tombs is a big event.
- Ghost Festival
- Mid Winter Festival/Winter Solstice - Chinese Thanksgiving. The day to eat dumplings.
Labels: Chinese Festivals
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