April 2021 holiday schedule calendar

1. Qingming Festival: There will be a holiday from April 3 to 5, ***3 days.

2. Water Splashing Festival: Holiday from April 13th to 16th.

Wed. March 3: Holiday from April 14th to 18th, ***5 days.

Introduction to Qingming Festival

Qingming Festival, also called Outing Festival, takes place at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is the 108th day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important sacrificial festivals. It is a day for ancestor worship and tomb sweeping [1]. The traditional Qingming Festival of the Chinese nation began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.

Qingming was originally just the name of a solar term. It became a festival to commemorate ancestors and was related to the Cold Food Festival. Duke Wen of Jin designated the day after the Cold Food Festival as Qingming Festival. In most areas of Shanxi, the Cold Food Festival is celebrated on the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day; in Yushe County and other places, the Cold Food Festival is celebrated two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day; in Yuanqu County, the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called Cold Food Festival, and the two days before it are Small Cold Food Festival.

Qingming Festival is one of the important "Eight Festivals of the Year" in China. It usually falls around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar. , these past 20 days are all Qingming Festival. Qingming Festival originally refers to the fifteen days after the Spring Equinox. In 1935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5 as the national holiday Qingming Festival, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.

"Almanac": "On the fifteenth day after the spring equinox, when the two fingers are fighting, it is the Qingming Festival. At that time, everything is clean and clear. At that time, the air is clear and the scenery is bright, and everything is visible, hence the name." Qingming Festival. Once it arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring plowing, so there is a saying that "before and after the Qingming Festival, plant melons and beans."

Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also known as the four traditional festivals in China. On May 20, 2006, the Qingming Festival declared by the Chinese Ministry of Culture was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists (category: folk customs; number: Ⅹ-2).

What are the holidays in April 2021?

April Fool’s Day and National Patriotic Health Campaign Month: April 1, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, February 20 in the lunar calendar

Puxian Bodhisattva’s Christmas: April 2, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, February 21 in the lunar calendar

Cold Food Festival: April 3, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, February 22 in the lunar calendar

Qingming Festival: April 4, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, February 23 in the lunar calendar

Qingming Festival: April 6, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, February 25 in the lunar calendar

World Health Day, the Passing Day of Master Yongming, the Sixth Patriarch of Jingzong: April 7, 2021, February 26 of the Lunar Calendar

Dou Jiang: April 8, 2021 of the Gregorian Calendar, the Lunar Calendar February 27th

Thailand's Songkran Festival: April 13, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, March 2nd in the lunar calendar

Shangsi Festival, Black Valentine's Day: April 14, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar Day, March 3rd of the lunar calendar

Birthday of King Bian Cheng of the Sixth Hall: April 19, 2021 of the Gregorian calendar, March 8th of the lunar calendar

Guyu solar term: April 20, 2021 of the Gregorian calendar Day, March 9th of the lunar calendar

World Earth Day: April 22, 2021 of the Gregorian calendar, March 11th of the lunar calendar

World Book and Copyright Day, Central Orthodox Birthday: Gregorian calendar April 23, 2021, the twelfth day of the third lunar month

Asian and African Journalists Day: April 24, 2021, the twelfth day of the third lunar month

World Knowledge Property Rights Day, Birthday of God Haotian: April 26, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, March 15th in the lunar calendar

Christmas of Chundi Bodhisattva: April 27, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, March 16th in the lunar calendar

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The birthday of Emperor Zhongyue: April 30, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, March 19 in the lunar calendar