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What are the legal holidays in China?
New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.
1. New Year's Day: one day off (January 1st). The first day of the new year. It used to refer to the first day of the first month in the summer calendar, but now it refers to the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar.
2. Spring Festival: 3 days off (the first, second and third day of the first lunar month). The Spring Festival originated from the worship activities in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. After a year of hard work, the ancient ancestors sacrificed their harvest to their ancestors and gods at the beginning of the year in order to have a good future.
3. Tomb-Sweeping Day: One day off (Qingming Day of the Lunar New Year). Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called the outing festival, which is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the 18th day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important festivals for offering sacrifices to ancestors and sweeping graves.
4. Labor Day: one day off (May 1st). International Labor Day, also known as "May 1 International Labor Day" and "International Demonstration Day", is a national holiday in more than 8 countries in the world. It is scheduled for May 1st every year. It is a festival owned by working people all over the world.
5. Dragon Boat Festival: one day off (the day of Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar). Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China, and is usually celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
6. Mid-Autumn Festival: one day off (the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar). August 15th of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. In China's lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Mid-Autumn Festival.
7. national day: there are three days off (October 1st, 2nd and 3rd). National Day, October 1st in the solar calendar every year, is the birthday of our great motherland. On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was formally established. National Day is not only a holiday, but also a reflection of the feelings of home and country.
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