The Chinese New Year 2020 Hong Kong will be the start of The Chinese Year of the Rat or Mouse. So 2020 might be good for Disneyland Hong Kong (the land of Micky Mouse), or alternatively, it might be good for all the rodents in the gutters!
Chinese festivals shift considerably this year due to there being a “leap month”, that is a duplicate of the 4th lunar month during 2020.
| Festival celebrated in HK | Date in 2020 | Public Holiday | Notes | |
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| The first day of January | 1 Jan | Y | Wed |
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| Chinese New Year of the Mouse | 25 Jan | Y | Sat | |
| The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year also Che Kung’s Birthday | 26 Jan | Y* | Sun | |
| The third day of the Lunar New Year |
27 Jan | Y | Mon | |
| The second weekday after Chinese New Year | 28 Jan | Y | Tue, compensated holiday for second day of CNY. | |
| Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu | 8 Feb | N | Sat – lanterns and quiz time! | |
| Chinese Groundhog Day | 5 Mar | N | Excited Insect solar segment | |
| Ching Ming Festival | 4 Apr | Y | Sat | |
Good Friday |
10 Apr | Y | Easter holiday | |
| The day following Good Friday | 11 Apr | Y | ||
| Easter Monday |
13 Apr | Y | ||
| Birthday of Tin Hau | 15 Apr | N | Wed – 23rd day of 3rd lunar month | |
| Labour Day | 1 May | Y | Fri | |
| Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival also Tam Kung’s Birthday |
Y | holiday for birthday of Buddha – 8th day of 4th lunar month (there are 2 4th month this year!) |
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| Tuen Ng / Dragon Boat Festival | 25 Jun | Y | Thur – 5th day of 5th lunar month | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day |
1 July | Y | Wed | |
| Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon’s Birthday | 13 Aug | N | Thur – 24th day of 6th lunar month | |
Seventh Goddess’ Day / Tsat-je |
25 Aug | N | 7th day of 7th lunar month | |
| Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan |
1 Sep | N | 14th day of 7th lunar month | |
| Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival | 1 Oct | N | Thur – celebrate in the evening | |
| Day after Mid-Autumn FestivalMonkey King Festival | 2 Oct | Y | Fri – a day off after the festival for people to rest.- Monkey King birthday:16th day of 8th lunar month |
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| Confucius’ Birthday/Teacher’s Day | 13 Oct | N | 27th day of 8th lunar month | |
Chinese National Day |
1 Oct | Y | Thur | |
Chung Yeung Festival |
25 Oct | Y | Sun – 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
| Weekday after Chung Yueng | 26 Oct | Y | Mon – because Chung Yeung falls on Sunday |
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| Winter Solstice | 21 Dec | N | Mon | |
Christmas Day |
25 Dec | Y | Fri | |
| Boxing Day | 26 Dec | Y | Sat |
Every employee in Hong Kong is entitled to a day-off away from work on the Public or “Statutory” Holidays. That also includes Foreign Domestic Helpers who get the same holiday days as other workers in the SAR. Public holidays wre previously known as “gazetted holidays”.
See also Festivals 2019 and Festivals 2021 if you are planning in advance!