Major Chinese Festivals

Chinese people celebrate a seemingly endless series of festivals during the course of a year. Most of these festivals take place on important dates in the Chinese lunar calendar. The following are the most important festivals celebrated by Chinese people. If you are fond of local pageantry, you might want to check to see whether your visiting dates coincide with local festivals at your particular destinations.

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Traditional Chinese Festivals

Date	Festivals	Activities	Place
January, 26th	Chinese New Year	Setting firecrackers, lion shows	China
Feburary, 9th	Chinese Lantern Festival	Displays of lanterns	China
April, 29th	Qingming Festival	Commemorating the dead at their graves	China
May, 28th	Dragon Boat Festival	Dragon Boat Racing, eating Zhongzi	China
October, 3rd	Middle-autumn Festival	Appreciating the full moon, eating moon cake	China
October, 26th	Chongyang Festival	Walking and hill climbing, appreciating chrysanthemum blooms.	China

Ethnic Minority Festivals

Date	Festivals	Activities	Place
Feburary, 10th to 16th	Lusheng Festival of Miao Ethnic People	Singing and dancing, bullfighting, horse race	Kaili in Guizhou Province
Feburary, 25th	Tibet New Year Festival(Losa Festival)	Worshipping Buddha, singing and dancing.	Tibet
Around March	Bullfighting Festival	Bull fighting	Kaili in Guizhou Province
April, 6th to 16th	March Fair of Bai Ethnic Group	Trading activities	Dali Ancient Town in Yunnan Province
Late May to early June	Worship Gathering	Offering sacrifices to a famous historic king, Duan Zongpan	Dali Ancient Town
June	Dragon Canoe Festival	Dragon canoe race	Sidong in Guizhou Province
April, 10th to 12th	Sisters' Meals Festival of Miao Ethnic Group	Singing, dancing and lusheng show	Kaili in Guizhou Province
April, 11st to 15th	Water Splashing Festival	Splashing water onto each other	Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province
July, 27th to August 6th	Shaman Festival	Ritual dancing, singing folk songs	Tongren in Qinghai Province
August, 1st	Nakchu Horse Race Festival	Horse race	Nagqu in Tibet
Around August 20th	Tibet Shoton Festival	Tibetan opera performances	Tibet
Around September	Inner Mongolian Naadam Grassland Festival	Wrestling, horse racing and archery	Inner Mongolian
November, 17th	New Year Festival of Miao Ethnic People	Bull fighting, horseracing, singing and dancing	Kaili in Guizhou Province
Middle November	Hani Terraced Fields Festival	Distinguished local dinner, folk performances	Yuanyang in Yunnan Province
December, 7th	New Year of Dong Ethnic People	Singing, dancing and bull fighting	Guizhou

 

Tourist Festivals and Events

Date	Festivals	Activities	Place
January, 5th	Harbin Ice and Snow Festival	Displays of sculptures of ice and snow	Harbin in Heilongjiang Province
Middle January	Jilin Rime Festival	Displays of lanterns	Jilin
Late January or Early February	Striking Bells to Greet New Year At Jingci Temple	Striking bells	Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province
January, 15th to February, 29th	Longqing Gorge Ice and Snow Festival	Displays of culptures of ice and snow	Beijing
April, 15th to 25th	Luoyang peony Festival	Displays of great varieties of peony	Luoyang in Henan Province
April, 20th to 26th	Chang'an International Calligraphy meeting	Exhibits of calligraphies and four treasures of the study.	Xi'an in Shannxi Province
Early April	Hainan International Coconut Festival	Displays of ancient Coins, stamps, telephone cards and butterfly specimens.	Hainan
Late April	International Folk Song Festival	Folk song competition and ethnic performances	Nanning in Guangxi Province
April, 20th to 25th	Weifang International Kite Festival	Display of kites	Weifang in Shandong Province
April, 25th	Fujian Mazu (Sea Godness) Festival	Rituals of worshipping the Sea God	Meizhou Island in Fujian Province
April, 8th to 22nd	Guizhou Azalea Festival	Shows from Yi, Miao and buyi minority nationalities and bull fighting	In Qianxi County in Guizhou Province
June, 10th to 14th	Yueyang International Dragon Boat Festival	Dragon boat racing	South Lake in Yueyang City
July, 15th to 18th	Jiayuguan International Gliding Festival		Jiayuguan in Gansu Province
July, 25th to August 30th	Mountain Wutaishan Tourist Month		Shanxi Province
Middle August	Qingdao International Beer Festival		Qingdao in Shandong Province
August, 23rd to 28th	Changchun International Film Festival		Changchun in Jilin Province
August, 20th to 26th	Xinjiang Grape Festival	Performance of traditional wedding, sing and dancing	Turpan in Xinjiang Province
Early September	Dalian International Fashion Show	Fashion show	Dalian in Liaoning Province
September	Pingyao International Photography Festival	exhibits of photos	Pingyao Ancient Town
September	International Qiantang River Tidal Bore Watching Festival	Eating moon cake and watching the tide.	Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province
September	Zhengzhou International Shaolin Kungfu Festival	Kungfu competitions	Zhengzhou in Henan Province
September, 20th to 25th	Suzhou International Silk Festival	Displays of silk and silk products	Suzhou in Jiangsu Province
September, 21st to 27th	Zhangjiajie International Forest Festival	Shows and exhibitions related to forest	Zhangjiajie
September, 26th to October 10th	Qufu International Confucius Festival	Worshipping Confucius	lkajg;alkj
October, 18th to November 18th	Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Fair	Display of a great variety of chrysanthemum	lkajg;alkg
October, 31st to December 8th	Guilin Scenery Tourism Festival		Guilin
Middle November	Hani Terraced Fields Festival	Ethnic shows and distinguished dinner	Yuanyang in Yunan Province

 

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