Public holidays in China

During the more prosperous Tang dynasty from AD 618–907, festivals involved less sacrifice and mystery to more entertainment.

[3] Culminating to the modern era Between the 1920s until around the 1970s, the Chinese began observing two sets of holidays, which were the traditional and what became "official", celebrating the accomplishments of the communist regime.

[5] From at least 2000 until this reform, the Spring Festival public holiday began on New Year's Day itself.

In 2014, New Year's Eve became a working day again, which provoked hostile discussion by netizens and academics.

The resulting seven-day or eight-day (if Mid-Autumn Festival is near National Day) holidays are called "Golden Weeks" (黄金周), and have become peak seasons for travel and tourism.

Businesses and schools would then treat the affected Saturdays and Sundays as the weekdays that the weekend has been swapped with.

There are public holidays celebrated by certain ethnic minorities in certain regions, which are decided by local governments.