Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - August holiday arrangement

August holiday arrangement

The holiday in August 2023 includes the Army Day, but it is a holiday enjoyed by some people. On August 1st Army Day, active servicemen will have a half-day holiday in August 1, and others will not have a holiday.

The solar terms in August are: beginning of autumn and Summer. Beginning of autumn is the 13 solar term among the 24 solar terms, with the Beidou bucket handle pointing southwest and the sun reaching the longitude of 135. The festival is celebrated every year from August 7th to 9th in the Gregorian calendar. Beginning of autumn means rain, storm, humidity, etc. It is at the turning point of the year and tends to decrease or decrease, but the beginning of autumn does not mean that the extremely hot weather is over. The weather is still very hot in early autumn, commonly known as "autumn tiger".

Summer is the fourteenth of the twenty-four solar terms, and autumn is the second. Dou Zhiwu (Southwest); The solar meridian reaches150; August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Summer has arrived, which is the "last summer" in the "three summers" of hot and hot weather, which means that the hot and difficult weather is coming to an end.

List of festivals in August 2023:

August 3, 2023: Sanctuary Day.

August 8, 2023: beginning of autumn.

August 9, 2023: International Day of the World's Indigenous People.

2023-8- 12: International Youth Day.

World Humanitarian Day.

2023-8-22: Ganesa Festival.

August 22, 2023: Summer vacation.

August 23, 2023: International Day of Remembrance for Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.

August 23, 2023: International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

August 29, 2023: International Nuclear Test Ban Day.

August 30, 2023: International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance.

2023-8-3 1: International Overpublicity Day.