Women's Day - 1/2 day for working women
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
cards/flowers :
Tibet Liberation Day (Tibet only)
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Tuesday March 28, 2023
cards/flowers : Serfs' Emancipation Day
On March 28, 1959, Tibetan serfs and slaves, who accounted for more than 90 percent of the region's population, were freed after the central government foiled an armed rebellion staged by the Dalai Lama and his supporters,
Tomb-Sweeping Day
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Wednesday April 5, 2023
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Traditional celebration since the second century B.C. Considered an unlucky day for business. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Sunday April 23, 2023
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Saturday April 29, 2023
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Sunday April 30, 2023
Secular holiday :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Public holiday
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Tuesday May 2, 2023
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Wednesday May 3, 2023
Secular holiday :
WORKING DAY
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Saturday May 6, 2023
Secular holiday :
Children's Day
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Thursday June 1, 2023
School holidays :
Buddha's Enlightment
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Sunday June 4, 2023
Culture : Called Saga Dawa in Tibet.
Celebrates the enlightenment of Buddha and his attainment of Nirvana upon his death. Crowds of pilgrims walk the sacred circuit around Jokhang and the old city of Lhasa (Linkor).
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
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Thursday June 22, 2023
Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
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Friday June 23, 2023
Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Tomb-Sweeping Day
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Saturday June 24, 2023
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Traditional celebration since the second century B.C. Considered an unlucky day for business. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Sunday June 25, 2023
Secular holiday :
Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Thursday July 6, 2023
Culture :
First Sermon of Lord Buddha
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Friday July 21, 2023
Culture :
Thangka
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Friday July 21, 2023
Culture : The huge Gegu (embroidered thangka) is displayed in Tashilunpo monastery in Shigatse and thousands of pilgrims flock there to touch their foreheads to the sacred Thangka in order to be blessed. http://bhaktapuronline.com/
Army Day
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Tuesday August 1, 2023
Culture : Holiday for military personnel in active service (half-day)
Teachers' Day
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Friday September 1, 2023
School holidays :
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Friday September 29, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Saturday September 30, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday