Hong Kong Calendar 2019

HONG KONG CALENDAR

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JANUARY

01 : New Year's Day

FEBRUARY

Chinese New Year is one of the most celebrated festival in Hong Kong.

04 : The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day

05 : Chinese New Year

06 : The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

06 : Birthday of Che Kung

07 : The third day of the Lunar New Year

08 : The fourth day of the Lunar New Year

Learn more about Chinese New Year

19 : Spring Lantern festival

The Spring Lantern Festival begins fifteen days after New Year's Day. It is celebrated with lantern shows.

Learn more about Spring Lantern Festival

MARCH

19 : Hung Shing Festival

Celebrations are worth seeing in the village of Ho Sheung Heung in the New Territories.

Learn more about Hung Shing Festival

APRIL

05 : Ching Ming Festival

The Ching Ming Festival is a Chinese tradition and is a day to clean graves. People offer food to deceased relatives and burn incense.

19 : Good Friday

20 : The day following Good Friday

22 : Easter Monday

27 : Birthday of Tin Hau

Each year, Hong Kong celebrates the birthday of Tin Hau, also known as the Queen of Heaven and Goddess of the Sea.

Learn more about Tin Hau birthday

MAY

01 : National Labour day

The first day of May is a public holiday commemorating the workers.

09-13 : Cheung Chau Bun Festival

The Cheung Chau Bun Festival is a living event with the famous scramble for lucky bread ("buns") and the colorful parade.

Learn more about Cheung Chau Bun Festival

12 : Buddha's Birthday

The year Buddhism first appeared in Hong Kong can be traced back to 428 AD when a Buddhist monk called Bui Dou arrived here and built temples in today's Tuen Mun and Yuen Long area.

Learn more about the Buddha's Birthday

As 12^nd May is a Sunday, Monday 13^rd May is given as a substitution public holiday.

12 : Birthday of Tam Kung

JUNE

07 : Tuen Ng day / Dragon Boat Festival

The Tuen Ng Festival is a Chinese tradition and people celebrate this festival by eating rice dumplings and having a dragon boat competition.

Learn more about the Dragon Boat festival

JULY

01 : Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

26 : Birthday of Kwan Tai

AUGUST

07 : Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je

The Seven Sisters Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. Young women were supposed to pray to the deities for embroidery skills and a good husband.

Learn more about the Seven Sisters festival

15 : Hungry Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan / 盂蘭節

In Hong Kong, the Hungry Ghost Festival is a major Buddhist and Taoist event. Hungry ghosts are the restless spirits of people who did not have a funeral. There is no one visiting their graves and they do not receive the gifts that Chinese people would take to their ancestors to pay respects. They miss out on food and spirit money. The Hungry Ghosts Festival is celebrated on the 14^th night of the seventh lunar month.

Learn more about the Hungry Ghost festival

SEPTEMBER

13 : Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival

Like the Chinese Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn festival is a major festival, celebrated by Chinese all over the world.

Learn more about the Mid-Autumn Festival

14 : The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

14 : Monkey God Festival

In Hong Kong, the Monkey God festival is a major Buddhist and Taoist event.

Learn more about the Monkey God Festival

OCTOBER

01 : National Day

National Day in Hong Kong is related to the creation of the People's Republic of China on October 1^st 1949. On that day there are magnificent fireworks over Victoria harbour.

07 : Chung Yeung Festival

NOVEMBER

No public holidays during this month.

DECEMBER

22 : Winter Solstice

Chinese families usually celebrate it by eating dumplings or eating a dish made of red beans and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and evil spirits.

25 : Christmas Day

26 : The first weekday after Christmas Day

31 : New Year's Eve

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