[E503]What Is Chinese National Day?
What Is Chinese National Day?
BY JANICE WILLIAMS
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The People's Republic of China celebrates National Day Saturday, a holiday honoring the founding date of the country. Although the Chinese Independence Day was actually won on Sept. 21, 1949, it wasn’t until Oct. 1 when Red Army leader Mao Zedong declared the day of independence amongst a crowd of 300,000 at Tiananmen Square.
On Oct. 2, 1949, China's new government passed the "Resolution on the National Day of the People's Republic of China[关于中华人民共和国国庆日的决议]" to make Oct. 1 to be the Chinese National Day.
This year, Saturday marks the start of Golden Week in China, during which people celebrate the Republic with actives and festivals all week long.
Here are some fun facts about China's National Day:
►National Day is just one of China's seven public holidays, but some offer more days off. In comparison, the U.S. has 11 public holidays.
►It's the longest public holiday of the year, aside from Chinese New Year which typically lasts three days.
►There are patriotic parades[阅兵] with floats[花车] on National Day. Just like the 4th of July[美国独立日], China also celebrates with fireworks.
►Since the weather in generally pleasant, National Day can cause travel problems for the country of 1.3 billion. Airplane tickets are more expensive, and train tickets can be tough to find.
►It's a great time to go shopping, too, with many holiday deals.