陰曆Lunar| 陽曆Solar|

Chinese Festivals Lunar Dates

In preservation, proliferation and propagating the Chinese customs

(Note that the lunisolar calendar has (1,2,7) leap or thirteenth month in (3,5,19) years, so the official naming of the lunisolar calendar is important)

Lunar month

農曆月

Chinese Custom

節日

Lunar date

農曆日

Remarks

說明

First

Lunar New Year

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正月初一
  • Chinese New Year 農曆新年, start of spring 春節, 年糕, 春聯, 年貨, 紅包, 拜年, 爆竹

Lantern Festival

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正月十五
  • Games & lanterns, end of Chinese new year period 元宵
  • Shang yuan 上元節(God of Heaven)

Third

Tomb Sweeping Day

陽曆四月十五
  • 清明, Fixed on 5th April of Solar calendar

Fifth

Dragon Boat Festival

5

五月初五
  • Zhong zhi 種子, qu yuan 屈原, long zhou 龍舟

Seventh

Ghost Festival

15

七月初七
  • Zhong yuan 中元節, (Earth God)

Eighth

Mid-Autumn Festival

15

八月十五
  • Zhong qiu 中秋節

Ninth

Double ninth day

9

九月初九
  • Chong yang 重陽節, double nine cakes, hill climbing, kites

Tenth

 

15

十月十五
  • Xia yuan 下元, (Water God)

Twelveth

Day before the Chinese New Year

30

年三十
  • Chu xi 除夕, reunion dinner 團圓飯, feast, joyous accompaniment

Thirteenth

(閏月)

24
  • Xiao nian 小年夜, small new year, 送灶君

Day before the Chinese New Year

30

年三十
  • Chu xi 除夕, reunion dinner 團圓飯, feast, joyous accompaniment

 

References: 農曆网, The Lunar Calendar

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