These are some of the most popular annual celebrations and you might even want to plan a trip around these special days where you can experience first hand the culture, festivities, food and drink.
January/February
- Foundation Day/New Year’s Day
- Chinese New Year
- Qingshui Zushi’s Birthday
- Jade Emperor’s Birthday
- Lantern Festival
- Peace Memorial Day
- Wenchang Dijun’s Birthday
- Mayasvi Festival
March/April
- Guanyin’s Birthday
- Youth Day
- Queen Mother of the West’s Birthday
- Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven’s Birthday
- Tomb Sweeping Day
- Baosheng Dadi’s Birthday
May/June
- Bunun Ear-shooting Festival
- Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage
- Mazu’s Birthday
- Labour Day May
- Cleansing Buddha Festival
- Tainan City God Birthday
- Dragon Boat Festival
- Taipei City God Birthday
July/August
- Guan Di’s Birthday
- Yimin Festival
- Ami Harvest Festival
September/October
- Ghost Month Begins
- Ghost Festival
- Thao Pestle Music Festival
- Armed Forces Day
- Teachers’ Day/Confucius’s Birthday
- Mid-Autumn Festival
- Double Ninth Day
October
- Hualien Stone Sculpture Festival
- Sanyi Woodcarving Festival
- National Day
- Retrocession Day
November
- Austronesian Culture Festival International
- Rukai Black Rice Festival
- Ritual of the Short Black People
- Birth of Bodhidharma
- Sun Yat-sen’s Birthday
- Qingshan’s Birthday
December
- Puyuma Ear-shooting
- Constitution Day
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