Chinese Holidays Quick Start Guide A Year of Family-Friendly Recipes, Activities & Crafts!

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1 12/30 – 1/1 NEW YEAR JAN Public Holiday

16 2/15 - 2/21 • Clean the House • Cook Reunion Dinner FEB China Public Holiday • Give Red Envelopes

2 • Make Tang Yuan LANTERN FESTIVAL • Visit Lantern Displays MAR • Solve Lantern Riddles

5 4/5 - 4/7 • Sweep Family Graves • Spend Time Outdoors APR China Public Holiday • Fly Kites

1 4/29 - 5/1 LABOR DAY MAY China Public Holiday

18 6/16 - 6/18 • Make Zongzi • Attend Dragon Boat JUN China Public Holiday Races

17 • Go Stargazing AUG • Plan a Date Night

• 25 HUNGRY GHOST Burn Joss Paper • Attend Chinese Opera AUG FESTIVAL • Make Floating Lantern

24 9/22 - 9/24 • Gift Mooncakes MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL • Make a Lantern SEP China Public Holiday • Eat Under Moonlight

1 10/1 - 10/7 NATIONAL DAY OCT China Public Holiday

• Go for a Hike 17 • Visit Older Relatives DOUBLE NINTH FESTIVAL OCT • Drink Tea

21 • Make Tang Yuan DONGZHI FESTIVAL DEC • Eat Lamb Dumplings The Chinese Holidays Quick Start Guide

Chinese New Year FEBRUARY 16, 2018 Chinese New Year, also referred to as Lunar New Year, is the most important holiday on the . The holiday is actually a two week festival filled with reunions among family and friends, an abundance of delicious food and wishes for a new year filled with prosperity, joy and good fortune. Do Cook Gift

Clean the Home Plan a Reunion Give Red Envelopes Dinner

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Lantern Festival MARCH 2, 2018 The Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuan Xiao Festival, welcomes the lunar year’s first full moon. Festivities date back some 2,000 years to lanterns hung in Buddhist temples by monks during the . It wraps up Chinese New Year’s annual Spring Festival with a night of sparkling lights. Do Do Cook

Visit Lantern Displays Solve Lantern Riddles Make Tang Yuan

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Qingming Festival APRIL 5, 2018 The Qingming Festival, also referred to as the Pure Brightness Festival, honors ancestors and celebrates the warming weather of spring. It’s a family holiday spent tidying ancestral grave sites and enjoying outdoor springtime activities like hiking, planting seeds and flying kites. Do Do Do

Sweep Family Graves Spend Time Outdoors Fly Kites

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Dragon Boat Festival JUNE 18, 2018 The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival or Double Fifth Festival, provides the perfect opportunity for family fun. The holiday honors the memory of the Chinese patriot poet, Qu Yuan, and is celebrated outdoors during the summer months with exciting dragon boat races. Do Craft Cook

Go to Dragon Boat Races Make a Dragon Boat Make Zongzi

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Qixi Festival AUGUST 17, 2018 The Qixi Festival, also known as the Double Seventh Festival or Qiqiao Festival, is the most romantic of all traditional Chinese holidays. It honors the star-crossed lovers, Zhinu and Niulang, who are allowed to meet only once a year across a bridge of magpies on the evening of the Qixi Festival. Do Do Craft

Go Stargazing Plan a Date Night Sew or Knit a Gift

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Hungry AUGUST 25, 2018 The Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival, marks the time of year when tables are turned and the deceased are believed to visit the living. The gates of the afterlife are thrown open and ghosts are free to roam the earth in search of food, entertainment and mischief. Do Do Craft

Burn Joss Paper Attend Chinese Opera Make a Lantern

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Mid-Autumn Festival SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is the second most important holiday on the Chinese calendar. It brings families together to celebrate the harvest under a full moon. The holiday is all about giving thanks for nature’s abundance and for joyful reunions with loved ones. Do Craft Gift

Eat Under the Moonlight Make a Lantern Give Mooncakes

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Double Ninth Festival OCTOBER 17, 2018 The Double Ninth Festival, also referred to as the Chong Yang Festival, is a traditional folk holiday focused on good health and long life. It originates from a Han Dynasty tale about a young man who saves his village from a river monster feared to spread disease. Today, the holiday is Senior’s Day in China. Do Do Cook

Go for a Hike Visit Older Relatives Drink Chrysanthemum Tea

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Dongzhi Festival DECEMBER 21, 2018 The Dongzhi Festival, also referred to as the Winter Solstice Festival, celebrates the season’s turning point toward the warmer, lighter days of spring. It’s a holiday that’s all about spreading a spirit of warmth and hopeful optimism during the bitterly cold depths of winter. Cook Cook Cook

Plan a Hearty Meal Make Lamb Dumplings Make Tang Yuan

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