public holiday

Today is QingMing Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day). Since 2008, it's has become an official public holiday here in China. It's a long weekend too, extending till Monday.

But Elvis has to work on Sun & Mon. (His team doesnt wanna come into office on Sat, so they told him they have to go "shao mu"/sweep the tomb! Keke...)

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Starting January 1, 2008, the People's Republic of China reduced May Labour Day holiday period down to 1 day, while simultaneously reviving three traditional Chinese holidays: Dragon Boat Festival (端午节）, Tomb-Sweeping Day (清明节) , and the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节）.

Labour Day is celebrated on May 1, and is a public holiday. In the 1990s, the Labour Day holiday was extended from 1 day to 3 days. The Chinese government made it a 7 day holiday by moving the prior and upcoming weekends together with these 3 days. The Labour Day holiday was one of the three Golden Weeks in China, allowing millions of Chinese people to travel during this period.

* Hence, there's only 2 Golden Weeks now - Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year) & National Day on 1 Oct.