Holidays in Taiwan
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List of holidays and festivals observed in Republic of China (Taiwan). Includes both official holidays defined by Taiwanese government and traditional holidays.
Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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January 1 | Founding Day | 開國紀念日 | Founding of Republic of China on January 1, 1912 |
February 4 or 5 | Farmer's Day | 農民節 | Marks beginning of spring |
February 28 | Peace Memorial Day | 和平紀念日 | 228 Incident on February 28, 1947 |
March 8 | Women's Day | 婦女節 | |
March 12 | Arbor Day | 植樹節 | Sun Yat-sen's passing on March 12, 1925 |
March 29 | Youth Day | 青年節 | Commemorates revolutionary Tenth Uprising in 1911 |
April 4 | Children's Day | 兒童節 | |
April 5 | Tomb Sweeping Day | 清明節 | Traditional Chinese holiday |
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 | |
September 3 | Armed Forces Day | 軍人節 | Honors the armed forces of the ROC |
September 28 | Teachers' Day | 教師節 | Confucius' Birthday |
October 10 | Double Tenth Day | 國慶日 | Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911 |
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 | 冬至節 | |
December 25 | Constitution Day | 行憲紀念日 | Coincides with Christmas, and anniversary of the 1947 ROC Constitution |
1st day of 1st lunar month | Chinese New Year | 春節 | Based on Chinese 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 |
5th day of 5th lunar month | Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Festival) | 端午節 | 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 | 城隍誕辰 | 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 |
15th day of 8th lunar month | Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) | 中秋節 | Based on Chinese calendar |
9th day of 9th lunar month | Double Ninth Festival | 九九重陽節 | Based on Chinese calendar |
15th day of 10th lunar month | Saisiat Festival | 賽夏節 | Pas-taai Festival of the Saisiat tribe |