Chinese Holidays and Festivals

Chinese Holidays and Festivals

1. 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.
   
2. Lantern Festival - Happens 15 days after Chinese New Year.
   
3. Dragon Head Festival
4. Clear and Bright Festival
5. Dragon Boat Festival - Information includes events calendar for the US & Canada and background information.
6. Double Seventh Night - Chinese Valentines Day
   
7. Mid Autumn Festival, Harvest Festival, Moon Festival - Information includes events calendar for the US & Canada and background information.
8. Double Ninth Day
9. Laba Festival - The Day Budha received enlightenment
   
10. Kitchen God Day
11. Children's Day - June 1st\
12. Ancestor Day or Tomb Sweeping Day - cleaning ancestor tombs is a big event.
13. Ghost Festival
    
14. Mid Winter Festival/Winter Solstice - Chinese Thanksgiving. The day to eat dumplings.