Festive Days Celebrated in Hong Kong according to Lunar Calendar Flashcards
Chinese New Year
1st day of 1st lunar month
Lantern Festival
15th day of 1st lunar month
eat sweet glutinous rice balls
Dragon Boat Festival
5th day of 5th Lunar month
“55 dragons race with pride, in the Dragon Boat Festival, side by side.”
Hungry Ghost Festival/Yulan Festival
15th day of 7th lunar month
Exactly 6 month after Lantern Festival and one month before Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
15th day of 8th lunar month
Exactly 1 month after Hungry Ghost Festival and 7 month after Lantern Festival
Coincides with Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance on 14-16th of 8th lunar month
Chung Yeung Festival
9th day of 9th lunar month
aka: Double Ninth Festival (9.9)
重阳节; heavy-sun-festival
extended families head to ancestral graves to clean them, repaint inscriptions and lay out food offerings such as roast suckling pig and fruit, which are then eaten (after the spirits have consumed the spiritual element of the food).
Celebrations of Goddess of Mercy (Guan Yin)
the 19th day of
* 2nd lunar month (Birthday)
* 6th lunar month (Enlightenment)
* 9th lunar month (Renunciation)
* 11th lunar month (Ascending Heaven)
“2 turtles and 6 dogs meat at 9 am until 11, when 19-year old Guan Lin goes to heaven”
Buddha’s Birthday
8th day of 4th lunar month
Buddha’s birthday is in the 4th lunar month on the 8th day.
Same as last day of Jiao/Bun Festival
Tin Hau Festival
23rd day of 3rd lunar month
We are celebrating Tin Hau’s 23 birthday in the 3rd lunar month on the 23rd day. (3.23)
Jiao/Bun Festival
5-8th day of 4th lunar month
Falls together with Buddha’s Birthday on 8th day of 4th month
Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance
14-16th day of 8th lunar month
Coincides with Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th day of 8th lunar month.
Ching Ming Festival (清明节; clean-bright-festival)
1st day of the 5th solar term
15th day after March equinox (between April 4 and 6)
Just remember April!
Jingzhé
3rd of 24 solar terms in traditional East Asian calendar. Usually 5-7th march
Thunderstorms will wake up the hibernated insects. In Hong Kong, Jingzhé is traditionally a prime time for villain hitting.
