China’s Dragon Boat Festival is observed on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, while its Gregorian date changes each year. Celebrations commonly include dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and regional seasonal customs. Qu Yuan is the best-known commemorated figure, but different communities also preserve other origin stories and traditions. This guide introduces the festival’s cultural meaning, main activities and relevance for buyers planning production or shipping around the holiday.

Qingming is both one of China’s 24 solar terms and a traditional festival. It usually falls in early April, while the exact Gregorian date varies by year. Its customs combine ancestor remembrance and tomb sweeping with spring outings and other seasonal activities. Historically, practices associated with the nearby Cold Food and Shangsi observances gradually blended into Qingming. This article focuses on the festival’s seasonal meaning, remembrance traditions and classical poetry; regional practices vary.

The Cold Food Festival and Qingming were historically distinct but closely timed observances. Cold Food customs included avoiding fire, eating cold food and visiting graves; Qingming was a solar term associated with spring renewal and outdoor activity. Over centuries—especially as tomb-sweeping practices were formalized and the dates overlapped—their customs gradually blended. Today Qingming commonly combines ancestor remembrance and tomb sweeping with spring outings and other seasonal activities. The popular story linking Cold Food to Jie Zitui should be presented as a traditional legend rather than fully documented history. Dates and customs vary by region and year.

Chinese Spring Festival, also called Chinese New Year, is China’s most important family holiday. Its lunar-calendar dates change each year, and actual factory, supplier, port and logistics schedules may extend beyond the official public holiday. Overseas buyers should confirm each supplier’s closing and restart dates instead of assuming one national shutdown period. For wood veneer, plywood, LVL and related orders, plan approved samples, raw-material preparation, production, quality inspection, documents and vessel booking with extra buffer before the holiday. After reopening, confirm workforce return, production sequence, material availability and updated shipping schedules before relying on a promised dispatch date.

Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Jan 17 this year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household.