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If chinese people celebrate it they celebrate it on the american date maybe thinking of indians pilgrims sailing ships turkey and pumpkin pie since the story is known among educated people.

Pinterest thanksgiving place cards. Spring festival golden week holiday. The most important chinese holiday is the chinese new year spring festival which is also celebrated in taiwan and overseas ethnic chinese communities. The chinese have moon cakes during the festival.

China has seven legal holidays in a year including new years day chinese new year spring festival qingming festival may day dragon boat festival mid autumn day and national day. The festival begins on the first day of the first month of the traditional chinese calendar and ends with lantern festival which is on the 15th day of the same month. At this time.

The mid autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the chinese lunar calendar in september or early october in the gregorian calendar. All traditional holidays are scheduled according to the chinese calendar except the qing ming and winter solstice days falling on the respective jie qi. The autumn moon festival has much in common with the thanksgiving festival.

It is the time for the whole families to get together and enjoy delicious foods and happy times a similar one like christmas holiday to the westerners. The table below provides a detailed list of 2019 public holidays in china. This is a time for families to hold reunions and many chinese people travel back to their hometowns.

The moon is the fullest on this day and the circle shape signifies reunion in chinese culture. Thanksgiving in canada is celebrated on the second monday of october. How the chinese celebrate mid autumn festival.

An article from. The common customs of the mid autumn festival include family members eating dinner together just like a thanksgiving dinner sharing mooncakes worshiping the moon with gifts displaying lanterns and regional activities. Mid autumn festival is considered a harvest festival and some people even compare it to thanksgiving in american culture.

Spring festival golden week holiday. The mid autumn festival started more than 3000 years ago when thanksgiving started only a couple hundred years ago mooncakes are the main meal in the mid autumn festival and on thanksgiving there is no main meal mid autumn festival slide 3. The chinese people will have one day off to celebrate the festival.

People enjoy music and dancing and eating round yellow moon cakes. Spring festival golden week holiday. Hope it can help you make a good tour plan.