What are the public holidays in China? Should we avoid visiting China during the public holidays?
In China, the public holidays are: Jan. 1st —- New Year’s Day, 1 day holiday Jan/Feb —- Spring Festival (Chinese lunar New Year); 4-day holiday Mar. 8th —- International Women’s Day,1/2 day holiday for women only Apr 4th/5th —Tomb Sweeping Day, 1-day holiday May 1st —- International Labors’ Day, 1-day holiday May 5th in lunar year, 1-day holiday Jun. 1st —- International Children’s Day, is a festival for children. School children normally have 1 day or 1/2 day holiday. Sep/Oct —- Mid Antumn Day, 1-day holiday Oct. 1st —- National Day, 3-days holiday For October 1st, according to Chinese government’s regulation, two weekends will be combined with 3-day holiday, thus most Chinese people will have 7-day consecutive holiday from Oct. 1st to 7th, when it is very crowded in tourist cities like Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guilin, etc. We suggest you avoid visiting China during this public holidays if possible.
In China, the public holidays are: Jan. 1st —- New Year’s Day; 1 day holiday Jan/Feb —- Spring Festival (Chinese lunar New Year); 4-day holiday Mar. 8th —- International Women’s Day; 1/2 day holiday for women only May 1st —- International Labors’ Day; 3-day holiday Jun. 1st —- International Children’s Day, is a festival for children. School children normally have 1 day or 1/2 day holiday. Oct. 1st —- National Day; 3-days holiday For May 1st and October 1st, according to Chinese government’s regulation, two weekends will be combined with 3-day holiday, thus most Chinese people will have 7-day consecutive holiday from May 1st to 7th, Oct. 1st to 7th, when it is very crowded in tourist cities like Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guilin, etc. We suggest you avoid visiting China during these two public holidays if possible.
