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Scene of the 2009 Chunyun period inside Beijing West railway station, China. Chunyun (traditional Chinese: 春運; simplified Chinese: 春运; pinyin: Chūnyùn; literally translated as “Spring transportation”), also referred to as the Spring Festival travel rush or the Chunyun period, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traffic load around the time of the Chinese New Year.
There are currently seven official public holidays on Mainland China. [1] [2] Each year's holidays are announced about one month before the start of the year by the General Office of the State Council. A notable feature of mainland Chinese holidays is that weekends are usually swapped with the weekdays next to the actual holiday to create a ...
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In 2004, there were calls to shorten Golden Week's duration due to its disruption of the regular economy. In 2006, delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference brought up proposals to cancel both the National Day and May Day Golden Weeks, arguing that the holidays have not achieved significant results in promoting internal consumption, which was the original intention ...
National Day of the People's Republic of China: October 1 Country-wide Qingdao International Beer Festival: Qingdao, Shandong Qingming Festival: April Country-wide Also known as the Tomb Sweeping Day Shanghai Fashion Week: Shanghai Shanghai International Fashion Culture Festival: Shanghai 1995 Shanghai International Film Festival: June Shanghai ...
The Qingming Festival in Malaysia and Singapore normally starts early in the morning by paying respect to distant ancestors from China at home altars. This is followed by visiting the graves of close relatives in the country. Some follow the concept of filial piety to the extent of visiting the graves of their ancestors in mainland China.
At least until 2008, China blocked access to Comedy Central's website, deeming the website unsuitable for China's citizens. [7] Hong Kong is the only city in China to offer a full-time comedy club, [7] where both English and Cantonese speaking comedians perform.