Chinese lunar festival calendar. 11 major festivals (Lunar New Year, Lantern, Qingming, Dragon Boat, Qixi, Ghost, Mid-Autumn, Chongyang, Winter Solstice, Laba, NY Eve) with Gregorian dates + traditions.
Chinese Lunar Festival Calendar (中国传统节日历)
How to use
Pick a year
Enter any year from 1900-2100.
See 11 festivals
Each shows Gregorian + lunar dates plus traditional customs.
Plan ahead
Change the year to see future festival dates.
Cross-reference Gregorian
Plan your Lunar New Year trip, Mid-Autumn moon-cake order, Qingming tomb-sweeping schedule.
Chinese Traditional Festivals: The Rhythm of the Lunar Calendar
Most major Chinese festivals follow the lunar (yin) calendar, which means the corresponding Gregorian dates shift every year. Lunar New Year may fall in late January or mid-February; Mid-Autumn may be in September or October. That\'s why this tool exists — knowing exactly when Mid-Autumn falls this year drives mooncake orders, flight bookings, and family gatherings.
The 11 major festivals
(1) Spring Festival / Lunar New Year (lunar 1/1): the biggest. (2) Lantern Festival (1/15): closes LNY. (3) Qingming (solar, Apr 4-6): tomb-sweeping. (4) Dragon Boat (5/5): zongzi, dragon boats, Qu Yuan memorial. (5) Qixi (7/7): Chinese Valentine\'s. (6) Ghost Festival (7/15): especially significant in SG/MY. (7) Mid-Autumn (8/15): family + mooncakes. (8) Chongyang (9/9): honouring elders + mountain hiking. (9) Winter Solstice (solar, Dec 21-23). (10) Laba (12/8): Laba congee. (11) NY Eve (12/29-30): reunion dinner.
SG/MY Chinese festival culture
Chinese communities in Singapore and Malaysia treat Spring Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat, Ghost, and Mid-Autumn as the five core festivals. The Ghost Festival (七月十五) is celebrated at a scale that exceeds mainland China — opera stages, altars, offerings, and the unique 抢孤 ritual in Penang and KL. This is the local evolution of Chinese culture in Southeast Asia.
This tool uses the public-domain lunar-calendar conversion algorithm (lunar-javascript, MIT). Covers years 1900-2100.
10 Facts about Chinese Festivals
Lunar New Year is the world's most widely celebrated festival, involving 2+ billion people across China, HK, Taiwan, SG, MY, the Chinese diaspora, plus Korean, Vietnamese, and Mongolian variants.
Singapore's Ghost Festival is huge — Getai (歌台) stage shows and Chinese opera fill every HDB neighbourhood in July. This is uniquely Singaporean Chinese cultural heritage.
Dragon boat racing traces to ancient Chu folk commemoration of the Warring States poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BCE). Today, dragon boat races remain major festival events in SG/MY.
Mid-Autumn mooncakes are a unique Chinese pastry. Premium hotels in HK, SG, MY start mooncake pre-orders in August — prices range HK$50 to HK$500+ per box (similar in SGD).
"Winter Solstice is bigger than New Year" — a saying in Hokkien, Chaozhou, and HK cultures. The tangyuan/dumpling tradition remains very important, though invisible to outsiders.
Qingming is a public holiday in mainland China (1-3 days). In Taiwan it's officially called "National Tomb-Sweeping Day". SG/MY Chinese also observe tomb-sweeping but without a public holiday.
Qixi (七夕) is China's Valentine's Day, from the Cowherd-Weaver legend. More popular in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia than mainland China; mainland is now reviving it.
The Lunar NY Eve reunion dinner is the most sacred meal of Chinese family tradition. Singapore's heritage restaurants pack until 9-10pm on Lunar NY Eve — fully booked weeks ahead.
Chongyang (9/9) was designated "Elders' Day" by China in 1989. "Nine nine" (九九) is homophonous with "long-long" (久久) — symbolising longevity.
Pairs with RT-CHN-010 (Lunar-Solar Date Converter), RT-CHN-015 (24 Solar Terms), and RT-CHN-014 (Zodiac Year Lookup) — the complete lunar calendar toolkit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most Chinese festivals follow the lunar (yin) calendar. Lunar months track the moon's orbit (~29.5 days), creating an 11-day annual offset from the Gregorian year (365.25 days). Same lunar date = different Gregorian date each year.
Qingming and Winter Solstice are solar terms (节气) — based on the sun's position, not the lunar calendar. Qingming falls Apr 4-6 every year (Gregorian); Winter Solstice falls Dec 21-23.
Yes — the lunar-javascript library handles leap-month logic. Regular festivals stay in the non-leap lunar month (e.g. 5/5 Dragon Boat is in the regular 5th month, not a leap fifth).
Lunar months are either long (30 days) or short (29 days). If month 12 is short, NY Eve falls on 12/29; if long, on 12/30. This tool auto-detects.
SG/MY Chinese preserved 19th-century coastal Fujian/Guangdong folk culture. In SG/MY, every HDB neighbourhood has its own Ghost Month celebration with Getai stages, altars, and offerings — community cohesion in practice. Mainland China saw less folk preservation after the Cultural Revolution.
This tool supports years 1900-2100 — the standard range of the lunar-javascript library. Earlier years (Qing, Ming dynasties) require specialised lunar conversion libraries.
lunar-javascript open-source library (MIT licence). Based on public-domain data from China's Purple Mountain Observatory. High accuracy; matches mainland China's official lunar dates.
No direct download yet. But: (1) screenshot; (2) browser Print → Save as PDF; (3) copy dates into your calendar (Google, Apple, Outlook).
Varies by region. Mainland China: Spring Festival (7 days), Qingming, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn, National Day. HK: Spring Fest (3 days), Qingming, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn, Chongyang. Taiwan: Spring Fest, Qingming, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn. Singapore: Spring Fest (2 days), Vesak, Deepavali. Malaysia: Spring Fest (2 days), Vesak, Deepavali (varies by state).
Best used with RT-CHN-010 (lunar-solar date converter for any date), RT-CHN-015 (24 solar terms), and RT-CHN-003 (auspicious date selector). This tool focuses specifically on the 11 major festivals as an annual overview.
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