Year 2002: Calendar of Traditional Chinese Holidays 

• February 12, 2002
  - Chinese New Year
  (first lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month)
  

• February 26, 2002
  - Lantern Festival
  (fifteenth lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month)
  

• March 31 or April 1 (China), 2002
  Kuan Yin's Birthday - the Goddess of Mercy
  (nineteenth lunar day of the second Chinese lunar month)

• April 5, 2002
  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.)

• May 19, 2002
  Buddha's Birthday
  (As this falls on a Sunday, in Hong Kong the general holiday honoring Buddha's birthday falls on Monday, May 20th). 

• June 14 or 15 (China), 2002 
  - Dragon Boat Festival
  (The Dragon boat festival falls on the fifth lunar day of the fifth Chinese lunar month)

• August 14 or 15 (China), 2002 
  Chinese Valentine's Day

• September 20 or 21 (China), 2002
  MidAutumn or Mooncake Festival
  (fifteenth lunar day of the eighth Chinese lunar month)

• October 14, 2002
  Chung Yeung Festival
  (ninth lunar day of the ninth Chinese lunar month)