Why does the Lantern Festival not have a holiday? 2018 national legal holiday schedule
4hw.com.cn: the 2018 Spring Festival has ended, and many people have started to work and study. After the Spring Festival, it is the Lantern Festival, which is one of the traditional festivals in China. Why not have a holiday? What are the national holidays in 2018? Let's have a look.
Why not have a holiday on Lantern Festival
The 2018 Lantern Festival is on March 2, because it is not a national legal holiday, so there is no holiday.
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival with a long history in China. There was a suggestion that the Lantern Festival should also be set up as a national legal holiday. After careful study, the relevant departments pointed out that considering that the total number of days of the national legal holiday 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, but the impact of the Mid Autumn Festival is greater, so the Lantern Festival will not be added as a legal holiday temporarily.
Lantern Festival is not a national legal holiday. It is a traditional festival with a long history in China. The Lantern Festival started in the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. It was said that Buddhism had the practice of monks observing Buddha's relics and lighting lamps to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the first month, so they ordered the monks to light lamps to worship Buddha in the Imperial Palace and temple on that night, so that the scholars and ordinary people could hang lamps. Later, this kind of Buddhist Etiquette Festival gradually formed a grand folk festival.
Schedule of holidays in 2018
I. New Year's Day: it's off on January 1, and it's continuous with the weekend.
2. Spring Festival: from February 15 to 21, there are 7 days off. Work on February 11 (Sunday) and February 24 (Saturday).
3. Qingming Festival: from April 5 to 7, there are three days off. Go to work on Sunday, April 8.
4. Labor Day: from April 29 to May 1, there are three days off. Go to work on Saturday, April 28.
5. Dragon Boat Festival: on June 18, the holiday will be held continuously with the weekend.
6. Mid Autumn Festival: it's off on September 24, and it's continuous with the weekend.
7. National Day: from October 1 to 7, there will be 7 days off. September 29 (Saturday), September 30 (Sunday).