China makes 3 traditional festivals holidays

The Chinese government on Sunday officially announced the scrapping of one of the country's three "golden week" holidays and introduced three new one-day public holidays.

The new national public holiday plan adds three traditional festivals -- Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon-boat Festival and Mid Autumn Festival -- to the list of public holidays.

The plan, which comes into effect on Jan. 1, also increases the total number of national holidays from 10 to 11 days.
Each of the three traditional festivals will be a one-day holiday, according to the plan unveiled by the State Council, or China's cabinet.

The Spring Festival remains a three-day public holiday, but it will start one day earlier from the eve of the Lunar New Year, China's most important traditional festival.

The May Day holiday is shortened from three days to one day, while the three-day National Day holiday and one-day New Year holiday remain unchanged.



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中国确定三个传统节日为法定节假日

中国政府星期天正式宣布取消一个“黄金周”假期，并介绍了三个新的一日制的公共假日。

新的国定假日计划中新增了三个传统节日：清明节，端午节和中秋节。

这个计划将于2008年一月一日开始实行，同时这也是国定假日从原来的10天增加到了11天。

根据国务院发布的计划，这三个新的法定节假日每个为期一天。

春节的国定假期仍然为3天，但是从除夕——中国最重要的传统节日，开始放假。
五一黄金周从原来的三天缩短为一天，而三天的国庆节和一天的元旦则维持不变。