The dates of China's official public holidays for 2013 have been released, for your trip-planning convenience. Keep in mind that most of these days will have to be “made up” on weekends, so pay attention to the details below for which Saturdays and Sundays you'll still have to drag yourself out of bed:
1) New Year's Day (元旦)
3 days: December 30-January 1 (Sunday-Tuesday). The preceding Saturday, December 29 will serve as a make up day for Monday, December 31.
2) Spring Festival (春节)
7 days: February 9-15 (Saturday-Friday). The following Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17 will serve as make up days for the missed Thursday and Friday, respectively.
3) Qingming Festival (清明节)
3 days: April 4-6 (Thursday-Saturday). The following Sunday, April 7 will serve as a make up day for the missed Friday.
4) Labor Day (劳动节)
3 days: April 29-May 1 (Monday-Wednesday). The preceding Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 will serve as make up days for the missed Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
5) Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)
3 days: June 10-12 (Monday-Wednesday). The preceding Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 will serve as make up days for the missed Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
6) Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)
3 days: September 19-21 (Thursday-Saturday). The following Sunday, September 22 will serve as a make up day for the missed Friday.
7) National Day (国庆节)
7 days: October 1-7 (Tuesday-Monday). The preceding Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 will serve as make up days for the missed Friday and Monday, respectively.
Source: bendibao.com
Related links
Spring Festival – Customs and Origins
Dragon Boat Holiday - What's the Story?
Legends of Mid-Autumn Day
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Welcome to China. Idiocy at its finest! If you need to work to make up holidays, well then, they're not really holidays, are they? My favorite is when they try to promote them as "paid holidays".
Nov 25, 2012 20:01 Report Abuse
its like say thursday is holiday... then friday work.. sat -sun holiday... most ppl cannot utilise this as they work far from home.. 1 day is no big use.. so sunday is shifted to friday.. to get 3 days off... whats wrong with this??? .. try to look positive sides as well
Nov 25, 2012 20:56 Report Abuse
I think there's a bit of misunderstanding here. This doesn't mean that the makeup days are for the holidays themselves. The makeup days are for the extra days to extend the holiday into a longer period.
For example if there is a one day holiday that falls on a Wednesday, you get a day off wednesday, but for convenience they could give you thursday and Friday off as well and then have you work Saturday and Sunday to make up the two extra days.
Just a different system from the US where we move the holiday to make a 3 day weekend. Instead in China we move the weekend to make the holiday a 3 day weekend. I guess there are pluses and minuses to both ways.
Nov 28, 2012 19:16 Report Abuse
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