Is Teachers' Day a traditional Chinese festival?
Teachers' Day is not a traditional Chinese festival.Because Teachers' Day was officially established only in modern times, it has been less than 30 years, so it is not considered a traditional festival.
Teachers' Day was officially established in 1985: In the ninth session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress in 1985, the State Council's proposal to establish Teachers' Day was passed, which truly determined September 10, 1985, as the first Teachers' Day in China.
China has many traditional festivals, and even different regions have their own unique festivals, but the main traditional festivals are mainly the following ones:
Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month)
Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month)
Dragon Head Raising Day (the second day of the second lunar month)
Shangsi Festival (the third day of the third lunar month)
Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month)
Qixi Festival (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month)
Zhongyuan Festival (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month)
Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month)
Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month)
Xiaoyuan Festival (the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month)
New Year's Eve (the twenty-ninth or thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month)
What other festivals are there for teachers?
China's Teachers' Day is on September 10th every year, but in the past, Hong Kong and Macao areas, as well as the current Taiwan area, set "Confucius' birthday" on September 28th as Teachers' Day.【Teachers' Day in Other Countries】
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