Chinese New Year | Tomb Sweeping Day | Dragon Boat Festival | Mid Autumn Festival | 228 Incident | Double Ten Day | Teacher’s Day | Founding Day – New Years Eve | Ghost Month | Taiwan Official Holidays
Calendar of official government holidays for Taiwan (up to date as of January 1st, 2017)
| Dates Holiday Observed | Holiday | Holiday Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January2nd | New Years Day | 3 day weekend from Saturday to Monday | |
| Thursday, January 26th** | Chinese New Years Eve | Chinese New Years Eve/**Technically not a hoilday | |
| Friday, January 27th to Wednesday Feburary 1 | Chinese New Year Holiday | The official CNY holiday is 6 days in 2017. | |
| Monday & Tuesday February 27 & 28 | Peace Memorial Day | Peace Memorial Day (Commemorating the 2/28 incident in 1947, which is every year on February 28th). The hoiday is being observed on Monday and Tuesday in 2017 | |
| Monday and Tuesday April 3 & & 4 | Tomb Sweeping Day & Children’s Day | In 2017 Tomb Sweeping Day and Children’s day are being observed on Monday and Tuesday. | |
| Monday and Tuesday May 29 & 30 | Dragon Boat Festival | 4 day weekend for Duan Wu Jie – Dragon Boat Festival. | |
| Wednesday, October 4 | Mid-Autumn Festival | 2017 is mid-week day off. This festival is also commonly called the Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, Zhongqiu Festival, and the Chinese Lantern Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, which translates to September or October in the Gregorian solar calendar. | |
| Monday and Tuesday October 9 & 10 | National Day | 2017 Double-Ten is a 4 Day Weekend. The holiday commemorates the founding of the Republic of China on October 10th, 1911. |
