Will there be a holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2021? Why is there no holiday for the Ghost Festival?

Will there be a holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2021? Why is there no holiday for the Ghost Festival?
As a traditional Chinese festival, the Ghost Festival also has a special meaning. So, let’s take a look at whether there will be a holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2021? Why is there no holiday for the Ghost Festival? In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there is a flag waving on the earth; in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there is a desire surging in the sky. Visit Shuimo.com to learn more details about the seventh lunar month of 2021.

Will there be a holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2021?

There will be no holiday. There will be no holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2021. Although there is no holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2021, you can take a rest on the day of the Ghost Festival in 2021.
Because the Ghost Festival in 2021 happens to fall on Sunday, which is a statutory weekend.
The dates for the 2021 Ghost Festival are as follows:
August 22, 2021, Sunday, Leo (solar calendar); July 15, 2021, lunar calendar (lunar calendar)
The origin of the Zhongyuan Festival can be traced back to the ancestor worship and related sacrifices in ancient times. July is an auspicious month and a month for filial piety. The Mid-July festival is a folk festival to celebrate the harvest and thank the earth in early autumn. When some crops mature, people will worship their ancestors with new rice and other offerings to report the autumn harvest to their ancestors.

Why is there no holiday for the Ghost Festival?

There are three types of holidays in China.
Category 1: All citizens have a holiday
Such as New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Labor Day, National Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival
Category 2: Some citizens have holidays
Women's Day (women have half-day holiday on March 8), Youth Day (young people aged 14 to 26 have half-day holiday on May 4), Children's Day (children under 4 have half-day holiday on June 1), the founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (active servicemen have half-day holiday on August 1).
Category 3: Holidays for ethnic minorities
The specific holidays are determined by the local people's governments of areas where ethnic minorities live in concentrated communities, in accordance with the customs of each ethnic group.
The Ghost Festival is not a traditional legal holiday, so there is no holiday.
The Ghost Festival is the largest special festival in my country for people to remember and commemorate their deceased relatives and ancestors. On the day of the Ghost Festival and in the days before, there are many ceremonies to commemorate their deceased relatives and ancestors.

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