The legal holidays in China are New Year (January 1st, one day off); Spring Festival (Lunar New Year, New Year's Eve, the first day of the first month and the second day of the first month have three days off); Tomb-Sweeping Day (on the Qingming Day of the Lunar New Year, one day off); International Women's Day (March 8, women have a half-day holiday); Arbor Day (March 12th); International Labor Day (May 1st, one day off); China Youth Day (May 4th, youth over 14 years old will have a half-day holiday); Dragon Boat Festival (the day of the Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar, one day off); International Nurses' Day (May 12th); Children's Day (June 1st, children under the age of 14 have a day off); China * * * the anniversary of the birth of the production party (July 1st); China People's Liberation Army Memorial Day (August 1, active servicemen have a half-day holiday); Teacher's Day (September 1th); Mid-Autumn Festival (the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar, one day off); National Day (October 1st, three days off); Journalists' Day (November 8th). [National Holidays and Remembrance Days ]

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Major traditional festivals in China include Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, all ethnic minorities also keep their own traditional festivals, such as the Water-splashing Festival of the Dai nationality, the Nadam Festival of the Mongolian nationality, the Torch Festival of the Yi nationality, the Danu Festival of the Yao nationality, the March Street of the Bai nationality, the Song Fair of the Zhuang nationality, the Tibetan calendar year and the Wangguo Festival, and the jump flower festival of the Miao nationality. China's New Year's Day is said to have started in Zhuan Xu, one of the three emperors and five emperors, with a history of more than 3, years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "Zhuan Di took the first month of Meng Xia as the yuan, but it was actually the Spring of New Year's Day". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun's poem Jieya in the Southern Dynasties also recorded "New Year's Day in Four Seasons, Long Life in Early Spring".

Spring Festival is the first traditional festival in China. In the past, the Spring Festival was called "New Year" because according to the lunar calendar that has been used in China's history, this day is the first day of the first month and the beginning of a new year. According to records, people in China have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4, years, which was initiated by Yu Shun. One day more than two thousand years BC, Shun was the emperor, leading his subordinates to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of the year, which is the first day of the first month. It is said that this is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival. After the Revolution of 1911, China adopted the Gregorian calendar, and the Lunar New Year was renamed "Spring Festival" (from late January to mid-February). During the Spring Festival, families put up Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures and decorate their rooms. The night before the Spring Festival is called "New Year's Eve", which is an important moment for family reunion. The whole family get together and have a sumptuous "New Year's Eve". Many people stay up all night, which is called "Shounian". The next day, everyone began to "pay New Year greetings" to relatives and friends, greeting each other and wishing all the best in the new year. During the Spring Festival, lion dance, dragon lantern dance, boating and stilt walking are the most common traditional recreational activities.