The Chinese Calendar holiday recurrence rule type is for holidays based on either the Chinese lunar calendar or the Chinese solar calendar.
Chinese lunar calendar holidays |
The structure of Chinese lunar calendar holidays is a month-day pair with the option of observing the holiday on the leap month.
![]() Mid-Autumn Festival |
Chinese solar calendar holidays |
The structure of Chinese solar calendar holidays is based on the 12 major and minor terms of the Chinese solar calendar (each solar term has its own name).
![]() Quing Ming |
Chinese New Year (aka. Lunar New Year) is observed as a public holiday in many countries other than China (such as Brunei, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Suriname, Taiwan), albeit sometimes with some national variations.
See also: other types of recurrence rules and recurrence rules options.
Topic 155900, last updated on 30-Dec-2025