Duanwu Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festiv al and the Double Fifth, is a traditional and statutory holida y originating in China and associated with a number of East Asian and Southeast Asian societies. In Mandarin, it is known by the name Duānwǔ Ji é; in Hong Kong and Macau, by the Cantonese name Tuen Ng Festival; in Hokkien-spe aking areas, by the names Gō͘-go̍eh-cheh/Gō&# 856;-ge̍h-choeh (五月節) and Gō͘-ji ̍t-cheh/Gō͘-ji̍t-choeh (五日 680;). In 2008, it was recognised as a public holiday in mainland China for the first time since the 1940s.< span>[1]< span>[2] The festival has also long been cele brated in Taiw an, Singapore, and Malaysia. Equivalent and related festivals in Asia include the Kodomo no hi in Japan, Dano in Korea, and Tết Đoan Ngọ in Vietnam.
The fes tival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the a lternative name of Double Fifth.[ 3] In 2011, this fell on June 6. The focus of the celebrations includes eating the rice dumpling zongzi (Chinese: 粽子; pinyin: zòngzi)[4], drinking realgar wine< /a> xionghuangjiu (Chinese: 雄 ;黃酒; pinyin: Xiónghuángjiǔ), and rac ing dragon boats.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Qi-Xi (August 19th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Qi-Xi DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Qi-Xi-00078043 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Don't speak Japanese? Click here to read a machine-translated version of the Japanese a rticle.
Qixi Festival (Chinese: 七夕节; literall y "The Night of Sevens"), also known as Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. It inspired Tanabata (七夕) in Japan, Chilseok (칠석) in Korea, and Thất Tịch in Vietnam. It has sometimes been called Chinese Valentine's Day (Chinese : 773;人節; pinyin: Qíng rén jié) since the late 1990s, which is, strictly speaking, an inaccurate portrait of the festival.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Ghost Festival (August 27th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Ghost-Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260827 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Ghost-Festival-00078043 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghos t Festival, or Yu Lan is a traditional Chinese festival and holi day celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar< /a> (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seven th month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh m onth in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lo wer realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in Spr ing) and Chung Yeung Festival (in Aut umn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 25th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Mid-Autumn-Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Mid-Autumn-Festival-00078043 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: 中秋節), also known as the < b>Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival or Zhongqiu Festival , is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people" title="Vietnamese p eople">Vietnamese people.[1] A description of the festival first appeared in Rites of Zhou, a written collection of rituals of the Western Zhou Dynasty from 3,000 ;years ago.[1] The celebration became popular during the early Ta ng Dynasty.[1] The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or ea rly October in the Gregorian calendar, close to the autumnal equinox.[1] The Government of the People's R epublic of China listed the festival as an "intangible cultural heritag e" in 2006, and it was made a Chinese public holiday in 2008.[1] It is also a Republic of China (Taiwan) public holiday.
The M id-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Spring Festival and Winter Solstice.[1]< /a> Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or re gional customs, such as:
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:National Day (China) (October 1st, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/National-Day-CN DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-National-Day-CN-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The National Day of the People's Republic of China ( simplified Chinese: 国庆节; traditional Chinese: 國慶節; pinyin: guóqìng jié ) is celebrated every year on October 1. It is a public holiday in the Peopl e's Republic of China to celebrate their national day . [2]
The PRC was founded on October 1, 1 949 with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. The Central People's Governmen t passed the Resolution on the National Day of the People's Republic of China on December 2, 1949 and declared that October 1 is the National D ay.[< /span>3]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Double Ninth Festival (October 18th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Double-Ninth-Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Double-Ninth-Festival-00078043 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Double Ninth Festival (Chung Yeung Festival in Ho ng Kong, Vietnamese: < b>Tết Trùng Cửu), observed on the ninth d ay of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday, mention ed in writing since before the East Han period (before AD 25) .
According to the I Ching, nine is a yang number; the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (or double nine) has too much yang (a traditional Chinese spiritual concept) and is thus a potentially dangerous date. Hence, the day is also called "Double Yang Festival" (重༌ 5;節). To protect against danger, it is customary to climb a high mou ntain, drink chrysanthemum wine, and wear the zhuyu (茱 3848;) plant, Cornus officinalis. (Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are considered to have cleansing qualities and are used on other occasions to air out houses and cure illnesses.) On this holiday som e Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. P eople eat Chongyang Cake on the day.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the December Solstice (December 21st, 2026 at 8:48 pm) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/December-Solstice DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261221 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-December-Solstice-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Southern solstice on the earth occurs in December according to the Gregorian calendar< /a>. Common are December 21 and December 22. It is therefore also known as December solstice in Western culture.
In the Southern hemisphere it is the summer solstice, i n the Northern hemisphere it is the winter solstice.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Chinese New Year (February 6th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Chinese-New-Year DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270206 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Chinese-New-Year-00078044 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:the spring festival
Chinese New Year is the mo st important of the traditional Chinese holid ays. In Chin a, it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春節 (Pinyin: Chūnjié), since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the first solar term in a Chinese c alendar year. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Weste rn Carniva l. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chine se: 正月; pinyin: Zhēng yuè) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with La ntern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is kno wn as Chúxī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Ye ar." Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Lantern Festival (February 20th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Lantern-Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270220 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Lantern-Festival-00078044 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Lantern Festival (also known as the Yuanxiao
Festival or Shangyuan Festival in China; Chap Goh Meh Festival in Indonesia, Malays
ia and Singapore; Yuen Siu Festival in Hong Kong, and "Tết Th&#
432;ợng Nguyên" or "Tết Nguyên Tiêu" in <
a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam);
is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lu
nisolar year in the Chinese calendar, the last day of the lunisol
ar Chinese New Year celebration. It is not to be confused with th
e Mid-Autumn Festival, which is sometimes also known as the
"Lantern Festival" in locations such as Singapore and Malaysia. During the Lantern F
estival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns an
d solve riddles on the lanterns (simplified
Chinese: 猜灯Ŧ
68;; traditional Chinese:
In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, for only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones; in modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs. For example, lanterns are now often made in shapes of animals. The lanterns can symbolize the people letting go of their past selves and getting a new one, which they will let go of the next year.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Cold Food Festival (April 4th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Cold-Food-Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270404 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Cold-Food-Festival-00078044 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Cold Food Festival or Hanshi Festival is a traditional Chinese holid ay celebrated for three consecutive days starting the day before the Qingming Festival in the Chinese Calend ar, which falls on the 105th day after dongzhi (April 5 by the Gregorian calendar, except in leap years). It is ce lebrated in China as well as the nearby nations of Korea and Vietnam. At this time of year, the sky becomes clearer and buds sprout in the field. Farmers sow various seed s and supply water to their rice paddies.
Legend has it that Chong'er (重耳), a prince of Jin, endured many hardship s while he fled around the warring states. Once, in order to help the princ e who was tormented by hunger, Jiè Zhītuī (介之 ;推 or Jiè Zǐtuī, 介子推) cut off the flesh from his thigh and offered it to the prince for sustenance.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Qingming Festival (April 5th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Qingming-Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270405 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Qingming-Festival-00078044 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: 清
明节; traditional Chin
ese: 清明節; pinyin<
/a>: Qīngmíng Jié; Pe&#
781;h-ōe-jī: Chheng-bêng-cheh or Chhiⁿ-miâ-
choeh, Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, Vietnamese:
Qingming has been regularly observed as a st atutory public holiday in Taiwan and in the Chinese jurisdictions of Hong Kong and Macau. Its o bservance was reinstated as a nation wide public holiday in mainland Chin a in 2008.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Youth Day (China) (May 4th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Youth-Day-CN DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270504 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Youth-Day-CN-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Youth Day is a holiday dedicated to the youths of a country.
International Youth Day is an international observance on August 12 officially recognized by the United Nations.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T132333Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Mother's Day (MayS2) (May 9th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Mothers-Day-MayS2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270509 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Mothers-Day-MayS2-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Mother's Day is a celebration honouring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in soci ety. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May. It complements Father's Day, the cele bration honoring fathers.
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood occu r throughout the world; many of these can be traced back to ancient festiva ls, like the Greek cult to Cybele, the Roman festival of Hilaria or the Christian Mothe ring Sunday celebration.
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