Welcome to the Year of the Pig in the Chinese Luna zodiac. A great year for those born in 1995, 1983, 1971 or any of the other pig years. Although they are supposed to be a little slow they are also emotional and intelligent just like the animal they are named after.
| Festival celebrated in HK | Date in 2019 | Public Holiday | Notes | |
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| The first day of January | 1 Jan | Y | Tue |
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| Chinese New Year of the Pig | 5 Feb | Y | Tue | |
| The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year and Che Kung’s Birthday |
6 Feb | Y* | Wed | |
| The third day of the Lunar New Year |
7 Feb | Y | Thur – traditional wisdom advises people not to visit friends and relatives today to avoid argument because everybody starts to get tired. |
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| Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu | 19 Feb | N | Tue – Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day | |
| Chinese Groundhog Day | 6 Mar | N | Excited Insect solar segment | |
| Ching Ming Festival | 5 Apr | Y | Fri | |
| Good Friday | 19 Apr | Y | Easter holiday | |
| The day following Good Friday | 20 Apr | Y | ||
| Easter Monday | 22 Apr | Y | ||
| Birthday of Tin Hau | 27 Apr | N | Sat – worship of sea god Tin Hau by seamen all over Hong Kong |
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| Labour Day | 1 May | Y | Wed | |
| Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival also Tam Kung’s Birthday |
12 May | Y | Sun – public holiday for the birthday of the Buddha – 8th day of the 4th lunar month | |
| Weekday after Buddha’s birthday | 13 May | Y | Mon – holiday because Buddha’s birthday falls on Sunday. |
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| Tuen Ng / Dragon Boat Festival | 7 Jun | Y | Fri – 5th day of 5th lunar month | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day | 1 July | Y | Mon | |
| Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon’s Birthday | 26 Jul | N | Fri – 24th day of 6th lunar month | |
| Seventh Goddess’ Day / Tsat-je | 7 Aug | N | 7th day of 7th lunar month | |
| Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan |
14 Aug | N | 14th day of 7th lunar month | |
| Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival | 13 Sep | N | Fri – eat mooncake, play with lanterns and admire the moon this evening. |
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| The day after Mid-Autumn Festival Monkey King Festival |
14 Sep | Y | Sat – this is the public holiday the day after the festival for people to sleep in!- Monkey King birthday:16th day of 8th lunar month |
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| Confucius’ Birthday/Teacher’s Day | 25 Sep | N | Wed – 27th day of 8th lunar month | |
| Chinese National Day | 1 Oct | Y | Tue | |
| Chung Yeung Festival | 7 Oct | Y | Mon – hiking and grave sweeping day so beware of hill fire. |
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| Winter Solstice | 22 Dec | N | Sun | |
| Christmas Day |
25 Dec | Y | Wed | |
| Boxing Day | 26 Dec | Y | Thur |
See also Festivals 2018 and Festivals 2020