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
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Public holiday
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Wednesday may 3, 2023
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WORKING DAY
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Saturday may 6, 2023
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Children's Day
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Thursday june 1, 2023
School holidays :
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
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 30, 2023
School holidays :
Zhuhai Tennis Championships
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Sunday august 20, 2023
Sports events : lasts one week -- in Zhuhai
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 28, 2023
School holidays :
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
National Day
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Sunday october 1, 2023
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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Monday october 2, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Tuesday october 3, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Wednesday october 4, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Thursday october 5, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Friday october 6, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Saturday october 7, 2023
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WORKING DAY
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Sunday october 8, 2023
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