P090-Important-Days-2
Important Days (Student D) Celebrated internationally in This Festival is on the last This Festival is on the 104th areas with large populations day of the Chinese New Year day after the winter solstice. of ethnic Chinese, Chinese celebration period. The People go outside and enjoy This is a major holiday for Lantern Festival is also the greenery of springtime, the Chinese and has had a known as the Little New Year and also to tend to the graves strong influence on the new since it marks the end of the of departed ones. year celebrations of its series of celebrations starting neighbours. from the Chinese New Year. Dragon boat races are held to This holiday falls on the This Festival is on the 14th commemorate the death of seventh day of the seventh night of the seventh lunar Qu Yuan, making dragon- lunar month on the Chinese month. The seventh month in boating the only sport to be calendar. Young girls show called the Ghost Month, in celebrated as a national their domestic arts, especially which ghosts and spirits holiday. The Lunar Calendar melon carving, on this day come out from the lower date is 5/5, which usually and make wishes for a good world to visit earth. corresponds to a date in June. husband. This Festival is on the 15th This Festival, on the ninth Each of the two special day of the 8th lunar month of day of the ninth month in the administrative regions of the the Chinese calendar. At this Chinese calendar, is a PRC, Hong Kong and Macao, time, the moon is at its fullest traditional holiday. To protect celebrate the establishment of and brightest. The traditional against danger, it is common the special administrative food of this festival is the to climb a high mountain, region, as well as the mooncake. drink chrysanthemum wine, National Day of the PRC, and wear the zhuyu plant. October 1st. This Day is the first day of On 21 April 1856 workers The Communist Party of the year, in the Solar around Melbourne, Australia, China (CPC), was founded calendar, falling exactly one stopped work and marched on this day, the 182nd day of week after Christmas Day of from to Parliament House to the year. After this day, there the previous year. In modern achieve an eight hour day. are 183 days remaining in the times, it is January 1. In most Their direct action inspired Solar calendar. countries, it is a holiday. the celebration of Labour Day and May Day. This day is celebrated on On this day (May 8), children This Day falls on December August 1st every year. The give their parents carnations, 25th. It is preceded by day is celebrated in the form along with letters of thanks. Christmas Eve on December of parades and other military 24, and in some countries is shows. followed by Boxing Day on December 26.
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