In China, most traditional festivals have holidays. In a few days, it will be the Lantern Festival. As a very important traditional festival in China, many people will question whether the Lantern Festival is a holiday. The editor of this article will tell you whether there is a holiday for the Lantern Festival and the schedule of holidays in 2019. Let's have a look.
Is there a holiday for the Lantern Festival in 2019?
2019 Lantern Festival is on Tuesday, February 19. There is no holiday.
Why doesn't the Lantern Festival have a holiday
The Lantern Festival is not a legal holiday, so there is no holiday.
The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival with a long history in China. It was suggested that the Lantern Festival should also be established as a national legal holiday. After careful study, the relevant departments pointed out that considering that the total number of national legal holidays should not be increased at present, and the Lantern Festival is close to the Spring Festival, although the Mid Autumn Festival is also adjacent to the National Day, the Mid Autumn Festival has a greater impact, so the Lantern Festival will not be added as a legal holiday for the time being.
The Lantern Festival is not a national legal holiday. It is a traditional festival with a long history in China. The Lantern Festival began in the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. I heard that Buddhism had the practice of monks observing Buddha's relics and lighting lamps to worship the Buddha on the 15th of the first month, so I ordered to light lamps to worship the Buddha in imperial palaces and temples that night, making the gentry and common people hang up lamps. Later, this Buddhist ritual festival gradually formed a grand folk festival.
Schedule of holidays in 2019
1、 New year's day, December 30 ~ January 1, December 29 (Saturday), working for 3 days
2、 Spring Festival February 4 (New Year's Eve) ~ February 10, February 2 (Saturday) and February 3 (Sunday) work for a total of 7 days
3、 Qingming Festival lasts for 3 days from April 5 to April 7 and weekends
4、 There is no compensatory leave on May 1, labor day, a total of 1 day
5、 The Dragon Boat Festival lasts for 3 days from June 7 to June 9 and weekends
6、 The Mid Autumn Festival lasts for 3 days from September 13 to September 15 and weekends
7、 National Day October 1 ~ October 7, September 29 (Sunday) and October 12 (Saturday) work for 7 days
Is the above about the Lantern Festival holiday in 2019? Sort out the relevant contents of the schedule of holidays in 2019, hoping to be helpful to everyone's life and work schedule.