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Category: China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia
Events, awareness days, holidays, celebrating, occurring in or tied to the nations of China, North and South Korea, Japan, and Mongolia.
East Asian events occur in or have cultural ties to China, the Koreas, Japan, or Mongolia.
China Japan & Korea Events
Origami Day, Ntl. (JP): November 11
Daily
Origami is the art of paper folding that is associated with Japan. Paper was invented in China in 105 AD; one can assume art using folding paper was created shortly after that. In the 6th century AD, pa...
January
Republic Day, (MN)(1924): November 26
Daily
Republic Day in Mongolia marks the anniversary of November 26, 1924, when the nation declared itself a republic. Republic Day is a national holiday.
January
Shichi-Go-San (JP): November 15
Daily
Shichi-Go-San (three-five-seven) is a Japanese tradition. On this day, children ages three, five, and seven are taken to the temple in festive clothes for blessings and to receive prayers for their health...
January
Singles Day (CN/UK/EU): November 11
Daily
Singles Day is about romance, but it is even more about insane retail sales. It's the 21st century's global version of Black Friday. If you're an online retailer who isn't tapping into Singles Day, you're...
January
Armed Forces Day (KR)(1950): October 1
Daily
Armed Forces Day in South Korea marks the anniversary of October 1, 1950, when UN and Korean forces drove communist forces north of the 38th parallel.
January
Golden Week (CN): October 1-7
Weekly
Golden Week is the first seven days of October in China, a national holiday. October 1 celebrates the founding of the People's Republic of China. The rest of the week is festive with people traveling the...
January
National Day, (CN)(1949): October 1
Daily
National Day in China marks the anniversary of October 1, 1949, the official founding of the Peoples Republic of China. This is a national holiday.
January
ROK Alliance Day (US/KR)(1953): October 1
Daily
ROK ALLIANCE DAY: CELEBRATING THE US-SOUTH KOREA PARTNERSHIP ROK Alliance Day, which is celebrated each October, is a testament to the enduring friendship and strategic alliance between the United States...
January
Sake Day, World: October 1
Daily
WORLD SAKE DAY: CELEBRATING JAPAN'S TRADITIONAL WINE On October 1st, sake enthusiasts celebrate World Sake Day, known as "Nihonshu no Hi." This event marks the traditional start of the sake brewing seaso...
January
Tan-gun Day (KR/KP)(2333 BC): October 3
Daily
October 3, 2333 BC, the legend goes that Tan-gun established the Kingdom of Choson on the Korean peninsula in Pyongyang. Each year this day is celebrated as the birth of the Korean nation.
January
Kimchi Fest (US-PA): October 4 (est)
Daily
KOREAN FOOD COMES TO PHILADELPHIA: THE KIMCHI FEST Created in 2022, the Kimchi Fest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, celebrates the dish and Korean culture with food tables, a Korean cultura...
January
Chuseok (KR): October 5-7
Daily
A FESTIVAL OF HARVEST, GRATITUDE AND TRADITION: KOREA'S CHUSEOK Chuseok, one of South Korea's most significant holidays, is a harvest festival celebrated to give thanks for the year's bounty. It is often...
January
Mid-Autumn, Zhong Qiu Jie Festival (CN): O...
Daily
Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie Festival) in China is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese Lunar calendar, typically on the full moon between September and October. Considered...
January
Alphabet Day (KR) (1446): October 9
Daily
October 9, 1446, King Sejong (Yi Dynasty) created the 24-character phonetic alphabet of Korea called Hangul. It allowed people speaking other languages to write out the sounds of the words represented by...
January
Double Ten Day (CN/TW)(1911): October 10
Daily
Double Ten Day in Taiwan (and secretly celebrated in China by many) commemorates October 10, 1911, Wuchang Uprising, leading to the end of the Qing Dynasty and which helped to create the Republic of China...
January
Overseas Chinese Day (TW): October 21
Daily
A day for an annual migration of mainland Chinese to the island nation of Taiwan.
January
Retrocession Day (TW)(1945): October 25
Daily
Retrocession Day in Taiwan marks the end of fifty years of Japanese rule in 1945. Japan took control of the island in 1894 when China lost it during the Sino-Japanese War. Today, Taiwan sees itself as a s...
January
Double Ninth Festival (CN): October 29
Daily
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the Chinese calendar is the Double Ninth Festival, Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong, the Chōyō or Chrysanthemum Festival in Japanese, and the Trùng Cửu in Vietna...
January
Chiang Kai-shek Day (TW)(1887): October 31
Daily
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975) was a military leader and politician who fought against communism. With the establishment of the communist government in China in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek f...
January
Dolphins of Taiji, Intl. Day of Awareness:...
Daily
International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji began in 2004 with the Save Japan Dolphins campaign. Since 2004, the number of people eating dolphin meat has dropped dramatically. In 2004, 1,60...
January
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