Full calendar of public and bank holidays of the world (and banks closures), from 1970 until 2070 for China (Tibet)
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
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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Monday May 2, 2022
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Tuesday May 3, 2022
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Wednesday May 4, 2022
Secular holiday :
WORKING DAY
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Saturday May 7, 2022
Secular holiday :
Buddha's Enlightment
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Monday May 16, 2022
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).
Optional holiday
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Wednesday June 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Holiday for children below the age of 14 (1 day)
Children's Day
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Wednesday June 1, 2022
School holidays :
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
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Friday June 3, 2022
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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Saturday June 4, 2022
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]
Public holiday
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Sunday June 5, 2022
Secular holiday :
Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Wednesday July 6, 2022
Culture :
Thangka
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Friday July 15, 2022
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/
First Sermon of Lord Buddha
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Monday August 1, 2022
Culture :
Army Day
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Monday August 1, 2022
Culture : Holiday for military personnel in active service (half-day)
Teachers' Day
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Wednesday September 7, 2022
School holidays :
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Saturday September 10, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Sunday September 11, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Monday September 12, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Saturday October 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the foundation of the Chinese Popular Republic in 1949. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Sunday October 2, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Monday October 3, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Tuesday October 4, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Wednesday October 5, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Thursday October 6, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Friday October 7, 2022
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Saturday October 8, 2022
Secular holiday :
WORKING DAY
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Sunday October 9, 2022
Secular holiday :
Buddha's Coming Down from Heaven
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Tuesday November 15, 2022
Culture : Celebration of his return to earth from heaven. Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal, and his mother expired after seven days. At the age of 41, he ascended to heaven to preach to his mother. Nuns and monks and king Zug Chen Nyingpo were worried because they did not know where hewas. His disciple, the clairvoyant Sharibu, had a vision of the lord to be in heaven. Another disciple of Lord Buddha, Mao gyel ge bu, who was known to possess miraculous powers, ascended to heaven and requested Buddha to return to earth. He agreed to descend.