National Day of China

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, October 1st is officially announced to be National Day of China. Every Chinese people has the 7-day holiday to celebrate and commemorate this great event.

Now let’s learn more about Chinese National Day.

1. Origin

In 1949, Chinese people ended the suffering from endless wars with triumph and established the People’s Republic of China on September 21st 1949. Then on October 1st, people held a grand ceremony held at Tiananmen Square to celebrate the founding of New China and government. On October 2nd, 1949, October 1st was officially written in the “Resolution on the National Day of the People’s Republic of China” to be the National Day of China. Since then, all Chinese people hold various activities to celebrate this holiday every year.

2. Holiday Schedule of Chinese National Day in 2018

The holiday starts from October 1 and ends on October 7. People need to keep working on September 29 and 30, and they will restart work from October 8.

3. Customs

(1) Military Review & Parade:

Since 1949, the Military Review & Parade at Tiananmen Square has been a big and meaningful event on Chinese National Day. This activity is carefully prepared and shows the Chinese military force. It attracts people from home and abroad all over the world. There are 14 Military Review & Parade from 1949 till now, and it is now held in a small scale every 5 years and in a large scale every 10 years.

(2) Flag-raising Ceremonies

(3) Grand singing and dancing shows:

You can watch these live shows on TV.

(4) Flowers:

Many cities’ streets are decorated with flowers, and people put the various flowers into the shape of “国庆快乐(guó qìng kuài lè)”--Happy National Day.

(5) Chinese National Flag:

 People put mini Chinese national flags on streets, in houses, stores and cars,and they all have a seal of the national flag on their faces as well as arms. You can see Chinese national flag everywhere.

(6) Discounts:

Many stores will provide consumers great discounts.

 (7) Golden Week:

People will travel abroad or have a trip to other Chinese provinces, because the holiday is long enough.

The holiday is also called “Golden Week” as the consumption in China is tremendous during this period.

4. Travel Tips

During this holiday, lots of people will go out to have trips. Therefore, the train tickets, flights tickets and rooms of hotels are difficult to be ordered and become more expensive than workdays. You need to plan your travel as early as possible. Or you’d better not depart on the first day of holiday. Also, avoid visiting the popular places, or what you see is not beautiful scenery, but lots of people.