2026 Public Holidays

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
Holidays 2026

China has 7 national public holidays (ๆณ•ๅฎš่Š‚ๅ‡ๆ—ฅ). Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is the most significant, offering 7 days off. Golden Week holidays in May and October are peak travel periods.

22
Total Holidays
22
National
Beijing
Capital
๐Ÿ“ Showing holidays for China (Beijing). Dates for Islamic holidays are approximate โ€” actual dates depend on moon sighting. Click any date to view full day information.
JAN
1
New Year's Day (ๅ…ƒๆ—ฆ)
Xฤซnniรกn. The Gregorian New Year is a 3-day public holiday in China.
๐ŸŒ National
JAN
29
Chinese New Year โ€” Spring Festival Day 1 (ๆ˜ฅ่Š‚)
Chลซnjiรฉ. The most important holiday in China. 2026 CNY is the Year of the Horse. 7-day Golden Week begins.
๐ŸŒ National
JAN
30
Spring Festival Day 2
Second day of the Chinese New Year Golden Week. Family reunion traditions continue.
๐ŸŒ National
JAN
31
Spring Festival Day 3
Third day โ€” many visit temples and watch lion dances.
๐ŸŒ National
FEB
1
Spring Festival Day 4
Continued Golden Week celebrations.
๐ŸŒ National
FEB
2
Spring Festival Day 5
Day 5 โ€” traditionally auspicious for welcoming wealth (่ฟŽ่ดข็ฅž).
๐ŸŒ National
FEB
3
Spring Festival Day 6
Golden Week continued.
๐ŸŒ National
FEB
4
Spring Festival Day 7
Final day of the Spring Festival Golden Week.
๐ŸŒ National
APR
4
Qingming Festival (ๆธ…ๆ˜Ž่Š‚)
Tomb-Sweeping Day โ€” a day to honor ancestors by visiting and cleaning graves, burning paper offerings.
๐ŸŒ National
MAY
1
International Labour Day (ๅŠณๅŠจ่Š‚)
Workers' Day. The May Golden Week runs May 1โ€“5.
๐ŸŒ National
MAY
2
Labour Day Golden Week
Second day of May Golden Week.
๐ŸŒ National
MAY
3
Labour Day Golden Week
Third day of May Golden Week.
๐ŸŒ National
MAY
31
Dragon Boat Festival (็ซฏๅˆ่Š‚)
Duฤnwว”jiรฉ โ€” celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month with dragon boat races and zongzi rice dumplings.
๐ŸŒ National
JUL
7
Qixi Festival (ไธƒๅค•่Š‚)
Chinese Valentine's Day โ€” celebrates the legendary meeting of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl stars.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
1
National Day (ๅ›ฝๅบ†่Š‚)
Guรณqรฌng Jiรฉ โ€” Celebrates the founding of the PRC on October 1, 1949. 7-day Golden Week begins.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
2
National Day Golden Week
Second day of National Day Golden Week.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
3
National Day Golden Week
Third day โ€” major travel period.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
4
National Day Golden Week
Fourth day.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
5
National Day Golden Week
Fifth day.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
6
National Day Golden Week
Sixth day.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
7
National Day Golden Week
Final day of the National Day Golden Week.
๐ŸŒ National
OCT
11
Mid-Autumn Festival (ไธญ็ง‹่Š‚)
Zhลngqiลซ Jiรฉ โ€” celebrated with mooncakes and lanterns on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, a full moon.
๐ŸŒ National

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