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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