Holiday with significant work restriction. This is the most important of traditional Chinese holidays. General Practices: Families gather together to spend the evening preparing boiled dumplings and ...

Jingzhe (驚蛰), or Insect Awaken Day, marks the third of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendar. The period usually lasts for two weeks, around mid-spring when the rainy season starts ...

The largely forgotten Cold Food Festival, known in Mandarin as hanshi jie, is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the 105th day after the winter solstice. In 2025, this falls on April 4.

The traditional Chinese holiday called Qingming, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, celebrates the onset of spring and serves as a day to honor those passed by tidying up their gravesites and offering the ...

The Chinese authorities have issued fire and road ... Around 760 million journeys are expected to be made over the three-day holiday, which began on Friday, the transport ministry said.