Holidays in Taiwan - Definition and Overview

Taipei Lantern Festival in the Chiang-Kai Shek memorial hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

List of holidays and festivals observed in the Republic of China on Taiwan:

**Gregorian Calendar**
Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	Founding Day	開國紀念日	Founding of ROC on January 1, 1912
February 4 of 5	Farmer's Day	農民節	Marks beginning of spring
February 28	Peace Memorial Day	和平紀念日	February 28 Incident on February 28, 1947
March 8	Women's Day	婦女節
March 12	Arbor Day	植樹節	Sun Yat-sen's passing on March 12, 1925
March 29	Youth Day	青年節	Commemorates revolutionary Tenth Uprising in 1911
April 4	Children's Day	兒童節
April 5	Tomb Sweeping Day	清明節	Passing of Chiang Kai-shek on April 5, 1975
May 1	Labor Day	勞動節
May 4	Literary Day	文藝節	Commemorates May Fourth Movement
May (second Sunday)	Mother's Day	母親節
June 3	Opium Suppression Movement Day	禁煙節	Commemorates burning of opium in the First Opium War of 1839
August 8	Father's Day	父親節
September 3	Armed Forces Day	軍人節	Honors the armed forces of the ROC
September 28	Teacher's Day	教師節	Confucius' Birthday
October 10	Double Tenth Day	國慶日	Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911
October 21	Overseas Chinese Day	華僑節
October 25	Retrocession Day	光復節	Japan released control of Taiwan and ROC took over on October 25, 1945
October 31	Chiang Kai-shek's Birthday	蔣公誕辰紀念日
November 12	Sun Yat-sen's Birthday	國父誕辰紀念日	Also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day
Winter solstice	Winter Festival	冬至節
December 25	Constitution Day	行憲紀念日	Coincides with Christmas

**Lunar Calendar**
1st day of 1st lunar month	Chinese New Year	春節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 1st lunar month	Lantern Festival	元宵節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 1st lunar month	Tourism Day	觀光節	Based on Chinese calendar
2nd day of 2nd lunar month	Earth God's Birthday	土地公誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
19th day of 2nd lunar month	Kuan Yin's Birthday	觀音誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 3rd lunar month	God of Medicine's Birthday	保生大帝誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
23rd day of 3rd lunar month	Matsu's Birthday	媽祖誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
8th day of 4th lunar month	Buddha's Birthday	佛誕日	Based on Chinese calendar
5th day of 5th lunar month	Dragon Boat Festival (Dragon Festival)	端午節	Based on Chinese calendar
13th day of 5th lunar month	Kuan Kung's Birthday	關公誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
13th day of 5th lunar month	Cheng Huang's Birthday	城隍誕辰	Based on Chinese calendar
7th day of 7th lunar month	Chi Hsi Festival	七夕	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 7th lunar month	Ghost Festival	中元節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 8th lunar month	Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival)	中秋節	Based on Chinese calendar
9th day of 9th lunar month	Double Ninth Festival	九九重陽節	Based on Chinese calendar
15th day of 10th lunar month	Saisiat Festival	賽夏節	Pas-taai Festival of the Saisiat tribe

See also