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HONG KONG CALENDAR
JANUARY

01 : New Year's Day



FEBRUARY
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is one of the most celebrated festival in Hong Kong.
Chinese New Year

13 : The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day

14 : Chinese New Year

15 : The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

16 : The third day of the Lunar New Year


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28 : Spring Lantern festival

Spring Lantern festival
The Spring Lantern Festival begins fifteen days after New Year's Day. It is celebrated with lantern shows.
Spring Lantern festival

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MARCH

No public holidays during this month.



APRIL

02 : Good Friday

03 : The day following Good Friday

05 : Easter Monday

05 : Ching Ming Festival

The Ching Ming Festival is a Chinese tradition and is a day to clean graves. People offer food to deceased relatives and burn incense.



MAY

01 : National Labour day

The first day of May is a public holiday commemorating the workers.

06 : Birthday of Tin Hau

Tin Hau birthday
Each year, Hong Kong celebrates the birthday of Tin Hau, also known as the Queen of Heaven and Goddess of the Sea.
Tin Hau birthday

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21 : Buddha's Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Buddha's Birthday
The year Buddhism first appeared in Hong Kong can be traced back to 428 A when a Buddhist monk called Bui Dou arrived here and built temples in today's Tuen Mun and Yuen Long area.
Buddha's Birthday

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JUNE

16 : Tuen Ng day / Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat festival
The Tuen Ng Festival is a Chinese tradition and people celebrate this festival by eating rice dumplings and having a dragon boat competition.
Dragon Boat festival

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JULY

01 : Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day




AUGUST

04 : Birthday of Kwan Tai

16 : Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je

23 : Hungry Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan

Hungry Ghosts Festival
In Hong Kong, the Hungry Ghost Festival is a major Buddhist and Taoist event. Hungry ghosts are the restless spirits of people who did not have a funeral. There is no one visiting their graves and they do not receive the gifts that Chinese people would take to their ancestors to pay respects. They miss out on food and spirit money.
Hungry Ghosts Festival

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SEPTEMBER

22 : Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival
Like the Chinese Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn festival is a major festival, celebrated by Chinese all over the world.
Mid-Autumn Festival

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23 : Monkey God Festival




OCTOBER

01 : National Day

16 : Chung Yeung Festival




NOVEMBER

No public holidays during this month.




DECEMBER

22 : Winter Solstice

Chinese families usually celebrate it by eating dumplings or eating a dish made of red beans and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and evil spirits.

25 : Christmas Day

26 : The first weekday after Christmas Day

31 : New Year's Eve






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