There are dozens of festivals and holidays in Mainland China, and they fall into two categories:

Traditional Festivals (传统节日) and Non-Traditional Holidays (非传统节/假日).

The following table shows major festivals and holidays in China.

 

传统节日

非传统节/假日

春节 Chūn jié

元旦 Yuán Dàn

元宵节 Yuánxiāo Jié

三•八妇女节 Sān-bā fùnǚ Jié

清明节 Qīngmíng Jié

五•一劳动节 Wǔ-yī láodòng Jié

端阳节 Duānyáng Jié

五•四青年节 Wǔ-sì qīngnián Jié

乞巧节 Qǐqiǎo Jié

六•一儿童节 Liù-yī értóng Jié

中秋节 Zhōngqiū Jié

七•一建党节 Qī-yī jiàn dǎng Jié

重阳节 Chóngyáng Jié

八•一建军节 Bā-yī jiàn jun1 Jié

冬至节 Dōngzhì Jié

(九月十日) 教师节 Jiāoshī Jié

腊八节 Làbā Jié

十•一国庆节 Shí-yī guó qìng Jié

 

The Spring Festival is the most favorable time for children, as it is the time they will get 压岁钱 (yāsuìqián, gift money during lunar New Year) packed in the 红包 ( hóngbāo, which means red bag, or red envelop), please see sample red envelops. 

The Spring Festival is also the time to express and exchange blessings; among numerous ornaments, the Chinese character 福 (fú, blessing; good fortune) is the most commonly used one. The interesting phenomenon is that, a lot of times, this character is hang upside down, which hints 福到了 (the blessings have arrived), an excellent example of linguistic performativity! 

As the Chinese lunar years rotate with 12 animals, ornaments with certain animals are kept busy making money for the artistic producers. Here we are displaying a sample of the Year of Snake.

 

by Dr. ZZ

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