BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MoonDate//bothmoons.com//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Chinese Festivals · MoonDate X-WR-CALDESC:Lunar New Year\, Lantern\, Qingming\, Dragon Boat\, Qixi\, Gho st Festival\, Mid-Autumn\, Double Ninth\, Dongzhi and Laba\, with exact da tes for the next five years. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-double-ninth-2026-10-18@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019 SUMMARY:Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 DESCRIPTION:Climb a hill\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, honor elders.\n\nDoub le Ninth (重阳节) on lunar 9/9 — two yang-energy nines stacked — is traditionally a day to climb hills for a long view\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, and honor elders. In modern China it's also officially Senior Citiz ens' Day (老人节).\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com /festivals/double-ninth URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/double-ninth TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dongzhi-2026-12-22@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261223 SUMMARY:Winter Solstice 冬至 DESCRIPTION:The longest night\, a bowl of something warm\, and the light co ming back.\n\nDongzhi (冬至\, "winter's extreme") is the winter solstice : the longest night of the year and one of the 24 solar terms. In Chinese thought it is the moment yin reaches its peak and yang begins to return ( 冬至一阳生)\, so for centuries it was celebrated almost like a second New Year. Families gather for a warm meal: dumplings in northern China\, sweet glutinous-rice tangyuan in the south and across the diaspora.\n\nDat es\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-laba-2027-01-15@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270116 SUMMARY:Laba Festival 腊八 DESCRIPTION:Eight-treasure porridge at winter's edge.\n\nLaba (腊八节) o n lunar 12/8 marks the start of the New Year preparation season — the da y is named after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (腊月). The s ignature dish is Laba porridge (腊八粥)\, a rich blend of grains\, bean s\, nuts\, and dried fruit slow-cooked overnight.\n\nDates\, traditions an d FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lunar-new-year-2027-02-06@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270207 SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 春节 DESCRIPTION:The reunion dinner\, red envelopes\, and the long breath of the year.\n\nLunar New Year (春节\, Chūnjié) — also called Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival — is the most important holiday in the Chin ese calendar. It begins on the first day of the lunar year and runs 15 day s\, ending with the Lantern Festival. Family reunions\, red envelopes (红 包)\, firecrackers\, and the symbolic sweep-clean of the old year frame t he holiday across the Chinese diaspora and East Asia more broadly.\n\nDate s\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lantern-festival-2027-02-20@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270221 SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 元宵节 DESCRIPTION:Sweet rice balls and paper lanterns released to the dark.\n\nTh e Lantern Festival (元宵节) marks the first full moon of the lunar year and the formal end of the New Year celebrations. Streets fill with red la nterns\, families share sweet rice balls (汤圆)\, and lantern-riddle gam es invite playful guessing.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoo ns.com/festivals/lantern-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lantern-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qingming-2027-04-05@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270406 SUMMARY:Pure Brightness 清明 DESCRIPTION:Sweeping graves\, offerings\, a walk in green things.\n\nQingmi ng Festival (清明节\, "pure brightness") is one of two festivals — al ongside Mid-Autumn — built around honoring ancestors. Families visit gra vesites to clean them\, leave offerings of food and flowers\, and burn pap er money for the departed. It also coincides with one of the 24 solar term s\, marking the start of warm spring weather.\n\nDates\, traditions and FA Q: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dragon-boat-2027-06-09@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270610 SUMMARY:Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 DESCRIPTION:Zongzi\, dragon boat races\, mugwort to ward off illness.\n\nDr agon Boat Festival (端午节) on lunar 5/5 commemorates the patriotic poe t Qu Yuan (屈原)\, who drowned himself in a river in protest against cor ruption. Families race carved boats\, eat sticky-rice zongzi wrapped in ba mboo leaves\, and hang mugwort and calamus at the door to repel illness du ring the disease-prone summer transition.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: h ttps://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qixi-2027-08-08@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270809 SUMMARY:Qixi 七夕 DESCRIPTION:Lovers reunite across the Milky Way.\n\nQixi (七夕\, "evening of sevens") is the Chinese Valentine's Day — and in 2027 it falls on Su nday\, August 8. The legend tells of a weaver girl (织女) and a cowherd (牛郎)\, separated by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only once a year on this night\, when magpies form a bridge across the stars.\n\nDates\, t raditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-ghost-festival-2027-08-16@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270816 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270817 SUMMARY:Ghost Festival 中元节 DESCRIPTION:Offerings to the ancestors and the restless.\n\nGhost Festival (中元节\, also 鬼节) on lunar 7/15 falls in the middle of "ghost mont h\," when the gates of the underworld are believed to open and spirits wan der freely. Families burn paper money and prepare elaborate offerings to k eep both ancestors and restless ghosts content.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-mid-autumn-2027-09-15@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270916 SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 DESCRIPTION:Full moon\, family reunion\, mooncakes.\n\nMid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) on lunar 8/15 — the autumn full moon — is the year's secon d-biggest holiday after Lunar New Year. Families gather to share mooncakes (月饼)\, gaze at the full moon\, and tell the story of Chang'e (嫦娥) \, the moon goddess.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/ festivals/mid-autumn URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/mid-autumn TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-double-ninth-2027-10-08@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271009 SUMMARY:Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 DESCRIPTION:Climb a hill\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, honor elders.\n\nDoub le Ninth (重阳节) on lunar 9/9 — two yang-energy nines stacked — is traditionally a day to climb hills for a long view\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, and honor elders. In modern China it's also officially Senior Citiz ens' Day (老人节).\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com /festivals/double-ninth URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/double-ninth TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dongzhi-2027-12-22@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271223 SUMMARY:Winter Solstice 冬至 DESCRIPTION:The longest night\, a bowl of something warm\, and the light co ming back.\n\nDongzhi (冬至\, "winter's extreme") is the winter solstice : the longest night of the year and one of the 24 solar terms. In Chinese thought it is the moment yin reaches its peak and yang begins to return ( 冬至一阳生)\, so for centuries it was celebrated almost like a second New Year. Families gather for a warm meal: dumplings in northern China\, sweet glutinous-rice tangyuan in the south and across the diaspora.\n\nDat es\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-laba-2028-01-04@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280105 SUMMARY:Laba Festival 腊八 DESCRIPTION:Eight-treasure porridge at winter's edge.\n\nLaba (腊八节) o n lunar 12/8 marks the start of the New Year preparation season — the da y is named after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (腊月). The s ignature dish is Laba porridge (腊八粥)\, a rich blend of grains\, bean s\, nuts\, and dried fruit slow-cooked overnight.\n\nDates\, traditions an d FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lunar-new-year-2028-01-26@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280127 SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 春节 DESCRIPTION:The reunion dinner\, red envelopes\, and the long breath of the year.\n\nLunar New Year (春节\, Chūnjié) — also called Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival — is the most important holiday in the Chin ese calendar. It begins on the first day of the lunar year and runs 15 day s\, ending with the Lantern Festival. Family reunions\, red envelopes (红 包)\, firecrackers\, and the symbolic sweep-clean of the old year frame t he holiday across the Chinese diaspora and East Asia more broadly.\n\nDate s\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lantern-festival-2028-02-09@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280210 SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 元宵节 DESCRIPTION:Sweet rice balls and paper lanterns released to the dark.\n\nTh e Lantern Festival (元宵节) marks the first full moon of the lunar year and the formal end of the New Year celebrations. Streets fill with red la nterns\, families share sweet rice balls (汤圆)\, and lantern-riddle gam es invite playful guessing.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoo ns.com/festivals/lantern-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lantern-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qingming-2028-04-04@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280405 SUMMARY:Pure Brightness 清明 DESCRIPTION:Sweeping graves\, offerings\, a walk in green things.\n\nQingmi ng Festival (清明节\, "pure brightness") is one of two festivals — al ongside Mid-Autumn — built around honoring ancestors. Families visit gra vesites to clean them\, leave offerings of food and flowers\, and burn pap er money for the departed. It also coincides with one of the 24 solar term s\, marking the start of warm spring weather.\n\nDates\, traditions and FA Q: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dragon-boat-2028-05-28@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280529 SUMMARY:Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 DESCRIPTION:Zongzi\, dragon boat races\, mugwort to ward off illness.\n\nDr agon Boat Festival (端午节) on lunar 5/5 commemorates the patriotic poe t Qu Yuan (屈原)\, who drowned himself in a river in protest against cor ruption. Families race carved boats\, eat sticky-rice zongzi wrapped in ba mboo leaves\, and hang mugwort and calamus at the door to repel illness du ring the disease-prone summer transition.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: h ttps://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qixi-2028-08-26@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280827 SUMMARY:Qixi 七夕 DESCRIPTION:Lovers reunite across the Milky Way.\n\nQixi (七夕\, "evening of sevens") is the Chinese Valentine's Day — and in 2027 it falls on Su nday\, August 8. The legend tells of a weaver girl (织女) and a cowherd (牛郎)\, separated by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only once a year on this night\, when magpies form a bridge across the stars.\n\nDates\, t raditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-ghost-festival-2028-09-03@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280904 SUMMARY:Ghost Festival 中元节 DESCRIPTION:Offerings to the ancestors and the restless.\n\nGhost Festival (中元节\, also 鬼节) on lunar 7/15 falls in the middle of "ghost mont h\," when the gates of the underworld are believed to open and spirits wan der freely. Families burn paper money and prepare elaborate offerings to k eep both ancestors and restless ghosts content.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-mid-autumn-2028-10-03@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281004 SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 DESCRIPTION:Full moon\, family reunion\, mooncakes.\n\nMid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) on lunar 8/15 — the autumn full moon — is the year's secon d-biggest holiday after Lunar New Year. Families gather to share mooncakes (月饼)\, gaze at the full moon\, and tell the story of Chang'e (嫦娥) \, the moon goddess.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/ festivals/mid-autumn URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/mid-autumn TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-double-ninth-2028-10-26@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281027 SUMMARY:Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 DESCRIPTION:Climb a hill\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, honor elders.\n\nDoub le Ninth (重阳节) on lunar 9/9 — two yang-energy nines stacked — is traditionally a day to climb hills for a long view\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, and honor elders. In modern China it's also officially Senior Citiz ens' Day (老人节).\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com /festivals/double-ninth URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/double-ninth TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dongzhi-2028-12-21@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281222 SUMMARY:Winter Solstice 冬至 DESCRIPTION:The longest night\, a bowl of something warm\, and the light co ming back.\n\nDongzhi (冬至\, "winter's extreme") is the winter solstice : the longest night of the year and one of the 24 solar terms. In Chinese thought it is the moment yin reaches its peak and yang begins to return ( 冬至一阳生)\, so for centuries it was celebrated almost like a second New Year. Families gather for a warm meal: dumplings in northern China\, sweet glutinous-rice tangyuan in the south and across the diaspora.\n\nDat es\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-laba-2029-01-22@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290123 SUMMARY:Laba Festival 腊八 DESCRIPTION:Eight-treasure porridge at winter's edge.\n\nLaba (腊八节) o n lunar 12/8 marks the start of the New Year preparation season — the da y is named after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (腊月). The s ignature dish is Laba porridge (腊八粥)\, a rich blend of grains\, bean s\, nuts\, and dried fruit slow-cooked overnight.\n\nDates\, traditions an d FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lunar-new-year-2029-02-13@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290214 SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 春节 DESCRIPTION:The reunion dinner\, red envelopes\, and the long breath of the year.\n\nLunar New Year (春节\, Chūnjié) — also called Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival — is the most important holiday in the Chin ese calendar. It begins on the first day of the lunar year and runs 15 day s\, ending with the Lantern Festival. Family reunions\, red envelopes (红 包)\, firecrackers\, and the symbolic sweep-clean of the old year frame t he holiday across the Chinese diaspora and East Asia more broadly.\n\nDate s\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lantern-festival-2029-02-27@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290228 SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 元宵节 DESCRIPTION:Sweet rice balls and paper lanterns released to the dark.\n\nTh e Lantern Festival (元宵节) marks the first full moon of the lunar year and the formal end of the New Year celebrations. Streets fill with red la nterns\, families share sweet rice balls (汤圆)\, and lantern-riddle gam es invite playful guessing.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoo ns.com/festivals/lantern-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lantern-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qingming-2029-04-04@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290405 SUMMARY:Pure Brightness 清明 DESCRIPTION:Sweeping graves\, offerings\, a walk in green things.\n\nQingmi ng Festival (清明节\, "pure brightness") is one of two festivals — al ongside Mid-Autumn — built around honoring ancestors. Families visit gra vesites to clean them\, leave offerings of food and flowers\, and burn pap er money for the departed. It also coincides with one of the 24 solar term s\, marking the start of warm spring weather.\n\nDates\, traditions and FA Q: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dragon-boat-2029-06-16@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290617 SUMMARY:Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 DESCRIPTION:Zongzi\, dragon boat races\, mugwort to ward off illness.\n\nDr agon Boat Festival (端午节) on lunar 5/5 commemorates the patriotic poe t Qu Yuan (屈原)\, who drowned himself in a river in protest against cor ruption. Families race carved boats\, eat sticky-rice zongzi wrapped in ba mboo leaves\, and hang mugwort and calamus at the door to repel illness du ring the disease-prone summer transition.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: h ttps://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qixi-2029-08-16@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290816 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290817 SUMMARY:Qixi 七夕 DESCRIPTION:Lovers reunite across the Milky Way.\n\nQixi (七夕\, "evening of sevens") is the Chinese Valentine's Day — and in 2027 it falls on Su nday\, August 8. The legend tells of a weaver girl (织女) and a cowherd (牛郎)\, separated by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only once a year on this night\, when magpies form a bridge across the stars.\n\nDates\, t raditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-ghost-festival-2029-08-24@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290824 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290825 SUMMARY:Ghost Festival 中元节 DESCRIPTION:Offerings to the ancestors and the restless.\n\nGhost Festival (中元节\, also 鬼节) on lunar 7/15 falls in the middle of "ghost mont h\," when the gates of the underworld are believed to open and spirits wan der freely. Families burn paper money and prepare elaborate offerings to k eep both ancestors and restless ghosts content.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-mid-autumn-2029-09-22@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290923 SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 DESCRIPTION:Full moon\, family reunion\, mooncakes.\n\nMid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) on lunar 8/15 — the autumn full moon — is the year's secon d-biggest holiday after Lunar New Year. Families gather to share mooncakes (月饼)\, gaze at the full moon\, and tell the story of Chang'e (嫦娥) \, the moon goddess.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/ festivals/mid-autumn URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/mid-autumn TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-double-ninth-2029-10-16@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291017 SUMMARY:Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 DESCRIPTION:Climb a hill\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, honor elders.\n\nDoub le Ninth (重阳节) on lunar 9/9 — two yang-energy nines stacked — is traditionally a day to climb hills for a long view\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, and honor elders. In modern China it's also officially Senior Citiz ens' Day (老人节).\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com /festivals/double-ninth URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/double-ninth TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dongzhi-2029-12-21@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291222 SUMMARY:Winter Solstice 冬至 DESCRIPTION:The longest night\, a bowl of something warm\, and the light co ming back.\n\nDongzhi (冬至\, "winter's extreme") is the winter solstice : the longest night of the year and one of the 24 solar terms. In Chinese thought it is the moment yin reaches its peak and yang begins to return ( 冬至一阳生)\, so for centuries it was celebrated almost like a second New Year. Families gather for a warm meal: dumplings in northern China\, sweet glutinous-rice tangyuan in the south and across the diaspora.\n\nDat es\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-laba-2030-01-11@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300112 SUMMARY:Laba Festival 腊八 DESCRIPTION:Eight-treasure porridge at winter's edge.\n\nLaba (腊八节) o n lunar 12/8 marks the start of the New Year preparation season — the da y is named after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (腊月). The s ignature dish is Laba porridge (腊八粥)\, a rich blend of grains\, bean s\, nuts\, and dried fruit slow-cooked overnight.\n\nDates\, traditions an d FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lunar-new-year-2030-02-03@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300204 SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 春节 DESCRIPTION:The reunion dinner\, red envelopes\, and the long breath of the year.\n\nLunar New Year (春节\, Chūnjié) — also called Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival — is the most important holiday in the Chin ese calendar. It begins on the first day of the lunar year and runs 15 day s\, ending with the Lantern Festival. Family reunions\, red envelopes (红 包)\, firecrackers\, and the symbolic sweep-clean of the old year frame t he holiday across the Chinese diaspora and East Asia more broadly.\n\nDate s\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lantern-festival-2030-02-17@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300218 SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 元宵节 DESCRIPTION:Sweet rice balls and paper lanterns released to the dark.\n\nTh e Lantern Festival (元宵节) marks the first full moon of the lunar year and the formal end of the New Year celebrations. Streets fill with red la nterns\, families share sweet rice balls (汤圆)\, and lantern-riddle gam es invite playful guessing.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoo ns.com/festivals/lantern-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lantern-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qingming-2030-04-05@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300406 SUMMARY:Pure Brightness 清明 DESCRIPTION:Sweeping graves\, offerings\, a walk in green things.\n\nQingmi ng Festival (清明节\, "pure brightness") is one of two festivals — al ongside Mid-Autumn — built around honoring ancestors. Families visit gra vesites to clean them\, leave offerings of food and flowers\, and burn pap er money for the departed. It also coincides with one of the 24 solar term s\, marking the start of warm spring weather.\n\nDates\, traditions and FA Q: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dragon-boat-2030-06-05@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300606 SUMMARY:Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 DESCRIPTION:Zongzi\, dragon boat races\, mugwort to ward off illness.\n\nDr agon Boat Festival (端午节) on lunar 5/5 commemorates the patriotic poe t Qu Yuan (屈原)\, who drowned himself in a river in protest against cor ruption. Families race carved boats\, eat sticky-rice zongzi wrapped in ba mboo leaves\, and hang mugwort and calamus at the door to repel illness du ring the disease-prone summer transition.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: h ttps://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qixi-2030-08-05@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300805 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300806 SUMMARY:Qixi 七夕 DESCRIPTION:Lovers reunite across the Milky Way.\n\nQixi (七夕\, "evening of sevens") is the Chinese Valentine's Day — and in 2027 it falls on Su nday\, August 8. The legend tells of a weaver girl (织女) and a cowherd (牛郎)\, separated by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only once a year on this night\, when magpies form a bridge across the stars.\n\nDates\, t raditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-ghost-festival-2030-08-13@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300813 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300814 SUMMARY:Ghost Festival 中元节 DESCRIPTION:Offerings to the ancestors and the restless.\n\nGhost Festival (中元节\, also 鬼节) on lunar 7/15 falls in the middle of "ghost mont h\," when the gates of the underworld are believed to open and spirits wan der freely. Families burn paper money and prepare elaborate offerings to k eep both ancestors and restless ghosts content.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-mid-autumn-2030-09-12@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300913 SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 DESCRIPTION:Full moon\, family reunion\, mooncakes.\n\nMid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) on lunar 8/15 — the autumn full moon — is the year's secon d-biggest holiday after Lunar New Year. Families gather to share mooncakes (月饼)\, gaze at the full moon\, and tell the story of Chang'e (嫦娥) \, the moon goddess.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/ festivals/mid-autumn URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/mid-autumn TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-double-ninth-2030-10-05@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301006 SUMMARY:Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 DESCRIPTION:Climb a hill\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, honor elders.\n\nDoub le Ninth (重阳节) on lunar 9/9 — two yang-energy nines stacked — is traditionally a day to climb hills for a long view\, drink chrysanthemum wine\, and honor elders. In modern China it's also officially Senior Citiz ens' Day (老人节).\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com /festivals/double-ninth URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/double-ninth TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dongzhi-2030-12-22@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301223 SUMMARY:Winter Solstice 冬至 DESCRIPTION:The longest night\, a bowl of something warm\, and the light co ming back.\n\nDongzhi (冬至\, "winter's extreme") is the winter solstice : the longest night of the year and one of the 24 solar terms. In Chinese thought it is the moment yin reaches its peak and yang begins to return ( 冬至一阳生)\, so for centuries it was celebrated almost like a second New Year. Families gather for a warm meal: dumplings in northern China\, sweet glutinous-rice tangyuan in the south and across the diaspora.\n\nDat es\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dongzhi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-laba-2031-01-01@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310102 SUMMARY:Laba Festival 腊八 DESCRIPTION:Eight-treasure porridge at winter's edge.\n\nLaba (腊八节) o n lunar 12/8 marks the start of the New Year preparation season — the da y is named after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (腊月). The s ignature dish is Laba porridge (腊八粥)\, a rich blend of grains\, bean s\, nuts\, and dried fruit slow-cooked overnight.\n\nDates\, traditions an d FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/laba TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lunar-new-year-2031-01-23@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310124 SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 春节 DESCRIPTION:The reunion dinner\, red envelopes\, and the long breath of the year.\n\nLunar New Year (春节\, Chūnjié) — also called Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival — is the most important holiday in the Chin ese calendar. It begins on the first day of the lunar year and runs 15 day s\, ending with the Lantern Festival. Family reunions\, red envelopes (红 包)\, firecrackers\, and the symbolic sweep-clean of the old year frame t he holiday across the Chinese diaspora and East Asia more broadly.\n\nDate s\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lunar-new-year TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-lantern-festival-2031-02-06@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310207 SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 元宵节 DESCRIPTION:Sweet rice balls and paper lanterns released to the dark.\n\nTh e Lantern Festival (元宵节) marks the first full moon of the lunar year and the formal end of the New Year celebrations. Streets fill with red la nterns\, families share sweet rice balls (汤圆)\, and lantern-riddle gam es invite playful guessing.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoo ns.com/festivals/lantern-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/lantern-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qingming-2031-04-05@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310406 SUMMARY:Pure Brightness 清明 DESCRIPTION:Sweeping graves\, offerings\, a walk in green things.\n\nQingmi ng Festival (清明节\, "pure brightness") is one of two festivals — al ongside Mid-Autumn — built around honoring ancestors. Families visit gra vesites to clean them\, leave offerings of food and flowers\, and burn pap er money for the departed. It also coincides with one of the 24 solar term s\, marking the start of warm spring weather.\n\nDates\, traditions and FA Q: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qingming TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-dragon-boat-2031-06-24@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310625 SUMMARY:Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 DESCRIPTION:Zongzi\, dragon boat races\, mugwort to ward off illness.\n\nDr agon Boat Festival (端午节) on lunar 5/5 commemorates the patriotic poe t Qu Yuan (屈原)\, who drowned himself in a river in protest against cor ruption. Families race carved boats\, eat sticky-rice zongzi wrapped in ba mboo leaves\, and hang mugwort and calamus at the door to repel illness du ring the disease-prone summer transition.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: h ttps://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/dragon-boat TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-qixi-2031-08-24@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310824 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310825 SUMMARY:Qixi 七夕 DESCRIPTION:Lovers reunite across the Milky Way.\n\nQixi (七夕\, "evening of sevens") is the Chinese Valentine's Day — and in 2027 it falls on Su nday\, August 8. The legend tells of a weaver girl (织女) and a cowherd (牛郎)\, separated by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only once a year on this night\, when magpies form a bridge across the stars.\n\nDates\, t raditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/qixi TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-ghost-festival-2031-09-01@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20310901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20310902 SUMMARY:Ghost Festival 中元节 DESCRIPTION:Offerings to the ancestors and the restless.\n\nGhost Festival (中元节\, also 鬼节) on lunar 7/15 falls in the middle of "ghost mont h\," when the gates of the underworld are believed to open and spirits wan der freely. Families burn paper money and prepare elaborate offerings to k eep both ancestors and restless ghosts content.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/ghost-festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:festival-mid-autumn-2031-10-01@bothmoons.com DTSTAMP:20261017T234527Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20311001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20311002 SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 DESCRIPTION:Full moon\, family reunion\, mooncakes.\n\nMid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) on lunar 8/15 — the autumn full moon — is the year's secon d-biggest holiday after Lunar New Year. Families gather to share mooncakes (月饼)\, gaze at the full moon\, and tell the story of Chang'e (嫦娥) \, the moon goddess.\n\nDates\, traditions and FAQ: https://bothmoons.com/ festivals/mid-autumn URL:https://bothmoons.com/festivals/mid-autumn TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR