| Children's Day - Wednesday June 1, 2022 School holidays :
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| Optional holiday - Wednesday June 1, 2022 Secular holiday : Holiday for children below the age of 14 (1 day)
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| Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats) - Saturday June 12, 2021 Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
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| Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats) - Sunday June 13, 2021 Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
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| Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats) - Monday June 14, 2021 Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
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| Thangka - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture : The huge Gegu (embroidered thangka) is displayed in Tashilunpo monastery in Shigatse and thousands of pilgrims flock there to touch their foreheads to the sacred Thangka in order to be blessed. http://bhaktapuronline.com/
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| Shoton festival - Thursday July 1, 2021 Culture : Giant painting of Buddha display in the Drepung Monastery
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| Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tuesday July 6, 2021 Culture :
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| First Sermon of Lord Buddha - Tuesday July 13, 2021 Culture :
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| Army Day - Sunday August 1, 2021 Culture : Holiday for military personnel in active service (half-day)
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| Horse Festival - Monday August 9, 2021 Culture : Held by the nomads of Sangke, combining horse races, yak races and wrestling.
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| Teachers' Day - Wednesday September 1, 2021 School holidays :
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| WORKING DAY - Saturday September 18, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Late mid-Autumn festival - Sunday September 19, 2021 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Public holiday - Monday September 20, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Late mid-Autumn festival - Tuesday September 21, 2021 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| WORKING DAY - Sunday September 26, 2021 Secular holiday :
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