Chinese Holidays - Calendar for the Year 2003 

• February 1, 2003
  - Chinese New Year
  (first lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month)

• February 15, 2003
  - Lantern Festival
  (fifteenth lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month)
  
• March 21 or April 1 (China), 2003
  Kuan Yin's Birthday - the Goddess of Mercy
  (nineteenth lunar day of the second Chinese lunar month)
  

• April 5, 2003
  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 8, 2003
  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 3 or 4 (China), 2003 
  - Dragon Boat Festival
  (The Dragon boat festival falls on the fifth lunar day of the fifth Chinese lunar month)

• August 4, 2003
  Chinese Valentine's Day

• September 10 or 11 (China), 2003
  MidAutumn or Mooncake Festival
  (fifteenth lunar day of the eighth Chinese lunar month)

• October 3 or 4 (China), 2003
  Chung Yeung Festival
  (ninth lunar day of the ninth Chinese lunar month)