Public holidays in the Republic of China

Taipei Lantern Festival in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

Taiwan's retrocession ceremony, 1945

The following are considered holidays in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Some are official holidays, some are not:

Gregorian calendar

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	Founding Day	元旦	Founding of Republic of China on January 1, 1912
February 28	228 Peace Memorial Day	228和平紀念日	228 Incident on February 28, 1947
April 4	The Combined Holidays of Women's Day & Children's Day	婦女節、兒童節合併假期
April 4, 5 or 6	Tomb Sweeping Day	清明節	15 days after the spring equinox
October 10	National Celebration Day (Double Tenth Day)	國慶日 (雙十節)	Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911

Lunar calendar

1st day of 1st lunar month	Chinese New Year	春節	Based on Chinese calendar
5th day of 5th lunar month	Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Festival)	端午節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 8th lunar month	Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival)	中秋節	Based on Chinese calendar
the last day of 12th lunar month	Chinese New Year's Eve	農曆除夕	Based on Chinese calendar

The following holidays are also observed on Taiwan, but are not official holidays observed by civil servants of the central government. Some sectors of the workforce may have time off on some of the following holidays such as Labor Day, Armed Forces Day, and Teachers' Day.

Gregorian calendar

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
February 3, 4 or 5	Farmer's Day	農民節	Lichun, the beginning of spring
March 12	Arbor Day	國父逝世紀念日	Sun Yat-sen's passing on March 12, 1925
March 29	Youth Day	青年節	Commemorates revolutionary Tenth Uprising in 1911
May 1	Labor Day	勞動節
May 4	Literary Day	文藝節	Commemorates May Fourth Movement
May (second Sunday)	Mother's Day	母親節
June 3	Opium Suppression Movement Day	禁煙節	Commemorates burning of opium in the First Opium War of 1839
August 8	Father's Day	父親節
July & August	Chinese Carnival	狂歡節	Premiered of the Summer Festival
September 1	Journalist' Day		Commemorates the promulgation of the Protection of Journalists and Public Opinion Organizations law in 1933
September 3	Armed Forces Day	軍人節	Honors the armed forces of the ROC
September 28	Teachers' Day	孔子誕辰紀念日	Confucius' Birthday
October 21	Overseas Chinese Day	華僑節
October 25	Taiwan Retrocession Day	台灣光復節	Japan relinquishes control of and returns Taiwan to the Republic of China October 25, 1945
November 12	Sun Yat-sen's Birthday	國父誕辰紀念日	Also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day
Winter solstice	Dōngzhì Festival	冬至
December 25	Constitution Day	行憲紀念日	Coincides with Christmas, and anniversary of the 1947 ROC Constitution

Lunar calendar

15th day of 1st lunar month	Lantern Festival	元宵節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 1st lunar month	Tourism Day	觀光節	Based on Chinese calendar
2nd day of 2nd lunar month	Earth God's Birthday	土地公誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
19th day of 2nd lunar month	Kuan Yin's Birthday	觀音誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 3rd lunar month	God of Medicine's Birthday	保生大帝誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
23rd day of 3rd lunar month	Matsu's Birthday	媽祖誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
8th day of 4th lunar month	Buddha's Birthday	佛誕日	Based on Chinese calendar
13th day of 5th lunar month	Kuan Kung's Birthday	關公誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
13th day of 5th lunar month	Cheng Huang's Birthday	鯊魚週	Based on Chinese calendar
7th day of 7th lunar month	Chi Hsi Festival	七夕	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 7th lunar month	Ghost Festival	中元節	Based on Chinese calendar
9th day of 9th lunar month	Double Ninth Festival	重陽節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 10th lunar month	Saisiat Festival	賽夏節	Pas-taai Festival of the Saisiat tribe

See also

• Traditional Chinese holidays

External links

• Holidays and Festivals in Taiwan