| Date | Holiday |
| Jan. 2, 2012 (Mon.) | Day after New Year's Day |
| Jan. 23 to 25, 2012 (Mon-Wed.) | Lunar (Chinese) New Year
The Year of Dragon
is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. According to Chinese, the 'Dragon' is the mightiest of the signs. Dragons symbolize such character traits as dominance and ambition. Mainland Chinese who are born between 23 January 2012 to 9 February 2013 are considered to have been born in the "Year of the Dragon" |
| Apr. 4, 2012 (Wed.) | Ching Ming Festival (Tomb Sweeping, a day to respect and remember ancestors) |
| Apr. 6, 2012 (Fri.) | Good Friday (Observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Lord Jesus Christ and His death at Calvary about two thousand years ago but Lord Jesus was resurrected by God on early Sunday morning, to God be The Glory! Praise The Lord!) |
| Apr. 9, 2012 (Mon..) | Easter Monday |
| May 1, 2012 (Tues.) | Labour Day / May Day |
| June 22, 2012 (Fri.) | Tuen Ng Jit [In China, it is known as the DuanWu Festival. (also called The Dragon Boat Festival) It is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese 'lunar' calendar.The focus of the celebrations includes eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats.] |
| July 2, 2012 (Mon.) | Day after SAR (Special Administrative Region) Establishment Day (Commemorates the ending of British Colonial Rule on July 1, 1997) |
| Oct. 1, 2012 (Mon.) | Day after Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (Sunday) and National Day (Oct.1) |
| Oct 2, 2012 (Tues.) | Day after National Day (Oct. 1) |
| Oct 23, 2012 (Tues.) | Chung Yeung Festival [Also known as Autumn Remembrance, this festival is similar to Ching Ming (Tomb Sweeping) in the spring, a day to respect and remember ancestors] |
| Dec 25 to 26, 2012 (Tues. and Wed.) | Christmas Day and day after Christmas Day (Although the date is not known to be the actual birth date of Lord Jesus, according to some scholars it is probably April 21 or May 20 between 7 BC and 2 BC but early Christians believed Lord Jesus Christ had been conceived the date of the winter solstice on the ancient Roman calendar. In 1743, German Protestant Paul Ernst Jablonski argued Christmas was placed on December 25 to correspond with the Roman 'Solar' holiday. But most importantly Lord Jesus Christ is remembered as their Savior for all their sins through repentance. Salvation is obtained through believing in Lord Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God.) |
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