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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