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Hong Kong Festivals 2010
The first day of January 1 Jan
Day before Chinese New Year 13 Feb
Chinese New Year of the Tiger 14 Feb
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year 15 Feb
Che Kung's Birthday 15 Feb
The third day of the Lunar New Year 16 Feb
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 28 Feb
Chinese Groundhog Day 6 Mar
Good Friday 2 Apr
The day following Good Friday 3 Apr
Easter Monday and Ching Ming Festival / Qing Ming 5 Apr
The day following Ching Ming 6 Apr
Birthday of Tin Hau 6 May
May day 1 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival 21 May
Tam Kung's Birthday+ 21 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 16 Jun
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 4 Aug
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 16 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 23 Aug
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day+ 4 Sep
Chinese National Day 1 Oct
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 22 Sep evening
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival 23 Sep
Monkey King Festival 23 Sep
Chung Yeung Festival 16 Oct
Winter Solstice 22 Dec
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec
The first week-day after Christmas day 27 Dec

   

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Hong Kong 2011 Festival Calendar

Wow this is a long way off as I write it but while I'm calculating the dates I might as well do this one as well!  So some of these may change before 2011 but hey I'll update them as we get nearer to the date.

Festival Date in 2011 Public Holiday Notes
The first day of January 1 Jan Y Sat
Chinese New Year of the Rabbit 3 Feb Y Thur
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Che Kung's Birthday

4 Feb Y Fri
* public holiday because of CNY, not because of Tam Kung.
The third day of the Lunar New Year 5 Feb Y Sat
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 17 Feb N Thur
Chinese Groundhog Day   N on Excited Insect solar segment
Ching Ming Festival 5 Apr Y Tue
Good Friday 22 Apr Y Fri
The day following Good Friday 23 Apr Y Sat
Easter Monday

Birthday of Tin Hau

25 Apr Y Mon
Labour day 1 May Y Sun
Day following Labour Day 2 May Y Mon
Buddha’s Birthday

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Tam Kung's Birthday

10 May Y Tue
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 6 June Y Mon
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 Jul Y Fri
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 24 Jul Y* Sun
* public holiday because it's Sun
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 6 Aug N Sat
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 13 Aug N Sat
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day 24 Sep N Sat
Chinese National Day 1 Oct Y Sat
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 12 Sep - evening N Mon
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival

Monkey King Festival

13 Sep Y Tue- this is the public holiday the day after the festival for people to sleep in!
Chung Yeung Festival 5 Oct Y Wed
Winter Solstice 22 Dec N Thur
Christmas Day 25 Dec Y Sun
Boxing Day 26 Dec Y Mon
Additional general holiday for Christmas Day 27 Dec Y Tue

 

Notes: Gazetted holidays, e.g. the official public holidays decided by the Government of Hong Kong, have not yet been published for 2011; but it is possible to calculate most of them following the rules laid out in the Ordinance.

See also  Festivals 2010 and Festivals 2012

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