After the Lantern Festival, it means that the lively “New Year” is over! Everyone has started to resume a quiet life.
After returning to work, do you still feel a little lonely? In fact, in addition to the Chinese New Year, there are also many traditional Chinese festivals where families can reunite.
April 5 is the Qingming Festival, which is a day for tomb sweeping and ancestor worship. June 22 is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. The main activities of the Dragon Boat Festival include wrapping zongzi, rowing dragon boats, etc.
August 22 is the Tanabata Festival, or Valentine’s Day, and is best known for the story of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, while August 30 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a ghost festival that includes ancestor worship and remembrance of ancestors.
On September 29, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated, with mooncakes as one of the essential foods, lantern riddles and lanterns, and on December 22, the Winter Solstice, when southerners eat dumplings.
Traditional Chinese Festivals in 2023
Guanyin Kaiku Day (26th day of the first month of the lunar calendar): February 16, 2023 (Thursday)
Dragon’s Head (the second day of the second lunar month): February 21, 2023 (Tuesday)
Sting (15th day of the 2nd lunar month): March 06, 2023 (Mon)
Guanyin Festival (birth anniversary) (19th day of the 2nd lunar month): March 10, 2023 (Friday)
Qingming Festival (15th day of the 2nd lunar month): April 5, 2023 (Wednesday)
Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar): June 22, 2023 (Thursday)
Goddess of Mercy Festival (the 19th day of the 6th lunar month): August 5, 2023 (Saturday)
Tanabata Festival (the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar): August 22, 2023 (Tuesday)
Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the seventh lunar month): August 30, 2023 (Wednesday)
Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the eighth lunar month): September 29, 2023 (Friday)
Ninth Emperor’s Birthday (the first day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar): October 15 to 29, 2023
Chrysanthemum Festival (9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar): October 23, 2023 (Monday)
Guan Yin Festival (Nirvana) (the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar): November 2, 2023 (Thursday)
Winter Solstice (the tenth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar): December 22, 2023 (Friday)
