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The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a country. Often the National Day will be a national holiday.
国庆节是一个指定的日子，庆祝活动标志着一个国家的建国。国庆节通常是国定假日。
The National Day is often taken as the date on which a state or territory achieved independence. Other dates such as the country's patron saint day, or a significant historic date are sometimes used. Most countries have a single National Day per year, though a few, for example, India and Pakistan, have more than one. Besides that, each of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, namely Hong Kong and Macao, celebrate the day of the establishment of the special administrative region, as well as the National Day of the People's Republic of China.
国庆节通常被视为一个国家或地区获得独立的日子。有时会使用其他日期，如国家的守护神日或重要的历史日期。大多数国家每年只有一个国庆日，尽管印度和巴基斯坦等少数国家有不止一个国庆日。除此之外，中华人民共和国的两个特别行政区，即香港和澳门，都庆祝特别行政区成立的日子，以及中华人民共和国的国庆节。
The importance attached to the National Day, and the degree to which it is celebrated, vary enormously from country to country. In France, for example, National Day is 14 July and is known as Bastille Day. It is widely celebrated and the French Tricolour is much in evidence, while the President of the Republic attends a military parade on the Champs-Élysées of Paris. In the United States, the Fourth of July celebrations are widely celebrated with fireworks and barbecues. In the Republic of Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, has been the National Day and a Public Holiday for many years, and in recent years it has been observed as a full Public Holiday in Northern Ireland too. However, in the rest of the United Kingdom the constituent countries' patron saints' days are low-key affairs.
各国对国庆节的重视程度和庆祝程度差别很大。例如，在法国，国庆节是7月14日，被称为巴士底狱日。它广受欢迎，法国三色很明显，而共和国总统在巴黎香榭丽舍参加阅兵式。在美国，人们普遍用烟火和烧烤来庆祝七月四日。在爱尔兰共和国，3月17日的圣帕特里克节多年来一直是国庆节和公共假日，近年来在北爱尔兰也被视为正式的公共假日。然而，在英国其他地区，组成国的守护神节是低调的。
Most countries have a fixed date National Day, but some have movable dates. An example here is Jamaica, which celebrates its National Day on the first Monday in August. This commemorates independence from the United Kingdom which was attained on Monday, 6 August 1962 - the first Monday in August of that year. Another example is Thailand which celebrates the birthday of the King on 5 December. This date will change on the accession of the heir to the throne.
大多数国家都有固定的国庆日，但有些国家有可移动的国庆日。这里的一个例子是牙买加，它在8月的第一个星期一庆祝国庆。这是为了纪念1962年8月6日星期一——即当年8月的第一个星期一——脱离联合王国获得独立。另一个例子是12月5日庆祝国王生日的泰国。这一日期将在王位继承人登基时改变。
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