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Golden Week (other)
Golden Week may refer to: * Golden Week (China), two weeks of Chinese holidays, occurring in January or February, and September or October *Golden Week (Japan) or is a week from 29 April to early May containing multiple Japanese holidays. It is also known as . Holidays celebrated Golden Week encompasses the following public holidays.. Note that is a generic term for any official holiday. 4 May w ..., several Japanese holidays that occur during the first week of May * Golden Week (Ohio), an early voting period in Ohio, US {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Week (China)
The Golden Week (), in the People's Republic of China, is the name given to three separate 7-day or 8-day national holidays which were implemented in 2000: *Chunyun, the Golden Week around the Chinese New Year, begins in January or February. * The " National Day Golden Week" begins around October 1. If Mid-Autumn Festival is near National Day, the Golden Week may be 8 days long. *The "Labor Day (May Day) Golden Week" begins May 1 and was reintroduced in 2019 after discontinuation in 2007. Three or four (if Mid-Autumn Festival is near National Day) days of paid leave are given, and surrounding weekends rescheduled so that workers always have seven or eight continuous days off. These national holidays were first started by the government for the PRC's National Day in 1999, and are primarily intended to help expand the domestic tourism market and improve the national standard of living, as well as allowing people to make long-distance family visits. The Golden Weeks are consequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Week (Japan)
or is a week from 29 April to early May containing multiple Japanese holidays. It is also known as . Holidays celebrated Golden Week encompasses the following public holidays.. Note that is a generic term for any official holiday. 4 May was until 2006 an unnamed but official holiday because of a rule that converts any day between two holidays into a new holiday. Japan celebrates Labor Thanksgiving Day, a holiday with a similar purpose to May Day (as celebrated in Europe and North America). When a public holiday lands on a Sunday, the next day that is not already a holiday becomes a holiday for that year. In some cases, a is held on either 30 April or 6 May should any of the Golden Week holidays fall on Sunday; 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 have had Compensation Holidays for Shōwa Day, Children's Day, Greenery Day, and Constitution Memorial Day, respectively. History The National Holiday Laws, promulgated in July 1948, declared nine official holidays. Since many were concen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |