How many days is the national legal holiday during the Spring Festival?

The legal holidays for the Spring Festival in 2024 are from February 10 to February 12, with 3 days.

There are 7 days off from February 9th (New Year's Eve) to June 5th (sixth day) in 2024, including working on February 4th (Sunday) and17th (Saturday). The national Spring Festival holiday lasts for three days, that is, the first day, the second day and the third day of the first month. According to the law, during the following festivals, the employer shall arrange employees' holidays according to law: New Year's Day, Spring Festival, International Labor Day, National Day and other holidays stipulated by laws and regulations.

If workers are arranged to work on legal holidays, the employer shall pay not less than 300% of the salary. Statutory holidays are the rest time for commemorative and celebration activities uniformly stipulated by national laws and regulations, and also one of the rest time for workers.

Folk custom category of Spring Festival

Traditional festival ceremonies and custom activities are important contents of festival elements, bearing rich and colorful festival culture. Lunar New Year is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in a year. In the historical development, it has integrated a variety of folk customs and formed some relatively fixed customs and habits, many of which are still handed down today.

These activities can be summarized as follows: (1) offering sacrifices to the gods to welcome the weather; Worship ancestors and maintain family ties; Drive away evil spirits and seek peace; Entertainment and leisure, headed by Hundred Festivals, Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which not only embodies the Chinese nation's ideological beliefs, ideals and aspirations, life, entertainment and cultural psychology, but also shows the carnival activities of blessing, eating and entertainment.