Year
2001: Calendar of Traditional Chinese Holidays
Chinese Holidays in 2002
January
24, 2001
- Chinese New Year
(first lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month)
February 7, 2001
- Lantern
Festival
(fifteenth lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month)
March 13, 2001
- Kuan Yin's
Birthday (Buddhist Goddess of Mercy)
(nineteenth lunar day of the second Chinese lunar month)
April 5, 2001
Ching Ming (Tomb-Sweeping Festival)
(Originally held on the third day of the third Chinese lunar month. It is now
held on April 5th, except for leap years when it is held on April 4th.)
June 25, 2001
- Dragon Boat Festival
(The Dragon boat festival falls on the fifth lunar day of the fifth Chinese lunar
month, or May 27th in 2001. However, this year the official date for the
festival is June 25th. You'll find an explanation behind the two dates on the Chinese
Fortune Calendar site. )
October 1, 2001
- MidAutumn Festival
(fifteenth lunar day of the eighth Chinese lunar month)
(The above dates were obtained from the Chinese Fortune Calendar Online site).
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