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Public Holiday
Nationwide
Tomb-Sweeping Day
Tuesday, April 4, 2028
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🏪 What's open
- Banks Closed
- Government offices Closed
- Schools Closed
- Shops Varies
- Restaurants Reduced
- Public transit Reduced
- Stock market Closed
- Post office Closed
🛋️ Long weekend potential
4-Day Block
SAT
01
Weekend
SUN
02
Weekend
MON
03
Bridge Day
TUE
04
Holiday
4-day weekend with a bridge day on April 3
📣 Traveler notes
China is an ancient civilization offering a blend of modern, futuristic cities (e.g., Shanghai) and natural wonders (e.g., Guilin's karst landscapes and Huangshan's peaks).
- Major national holidays (e.g., Spring Festival, Oct 1) cause massive domestic migration, requiring extensive advance planning due to crowds and high costs.
- Week-long holidays ('Golden Weeks') can significantly strain air and rail transport infrastructure.
- Chinese New Year is the largest annual human migration event globally, indicating extreme crowding during that period.
- New Year's Day (Jan 1) and Spring Festival are major national holidays.
- Travelers must plan for high demand and potential transportation difficulties during major holiday periods.
- Dining is typically family-style; wait for the most senior person to begin eating. When using chopsticks, avoid pointing them at people or placing them across a meal. If shared serving chopsticks are unavailable, it is acceptable to use personal utensils to transfer food to your own plate.
About this holiday
The Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) is a traditional Chinese holiday observed by ethnic Chinese communities in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. It marks the arrival of spring and falls on the fifth solar term (Qingming), usually around April 4-6. Families visit ancestral graves to clean the sites and offer food and burning incense to honor the deceased.