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  November 2013  

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1st/10th mo.

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Holidays and Observances:

3: New Year Festival of Qiang ethnic minority, celebrated on the 1st of the 10th lunar month. The Qiangs, who primarily live in southwest China's Sichuan Province, offer sacrifices to their ancestors and deities, sending New Year greetings, and enjoy various forms of entertainment.

8: China's Journalists Day.

9: National Day for Fire Safety Education.

11: International Week of Science and Peace, which takes place each year during the week in which November 11 falls.

12: Double Happiness Day, observed by Zhuang people in western Guangxi on the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, and considered an auspicious day for weddings.

14: World Diabetes Day, is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes world. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the alarming rise in diabetes around the world. In 2007, the United Nations marked the Day for the first time with the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution in December 2006, which made the existing World Diabetes Day an official United Nations World Health Day.

17: International Students' Day, a day of international student solidarity. It was established in 1941 in London at an international meeting of students from countries struggling against fascism in memory of the Czechoslovakian students, the heroes of the Resistance. On Nov. 17, 1939, many of the leaders of the Union of Students of Czechoslovakia were arrested and shot by the fascist German occupation authorities. More than a thousand students and teachers from the higher educational institutions were sent to a concentration camp, and the higher educational institutions were closed. The first International Students' Day was observed in 1941.

20: Universal Children's Day. The United Nation General Assembly recommended in 1954 that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world's children. The date of November 20 marks the day in which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

21: World Hello Day

21: World Television Day

25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, designated by the UN General Assembly on Dec. 17, 1999 to raise public awareness of the problem. Women's activists have marked Nov. 25 as a day against violence since 1981. The date came from the brutal 1961 assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo.

28: Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

Harvest Festival observed by the Paiwan tribe of the Gaoshan ethnic group in Taiwan on a lucky day after the autumn harvest in the 10th lunar month. Each community follows its leader in worshipping Heaven, Earth, deities and ancestors followed by feasting and entertainment. Competitions such as races, tug-of-war, wrestling and archery are also held.

 
Notes:

1. In the traditional calendar, the new moon indicates the first day of a lunar month; the full moon marks the 15th day.

2. Dates in red are official holidays. To give workers longer holidays during the year, the Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding or following the extended holiday are official workdays. In 2013, there are twelve official working Saturdays and Sundays respectively on January 5 (Saturday), January 6 (Sunday), February 16 (Saturday), February 17 (Sunday), April 7 (Sunday), April 27 (Saturday), April 28 (Sunday), June 8 (Saturday), June 9 (Sunday), September 22 (Sunday), September 29 (Sunday) and October 12 (Saturday).

3. The 24 Seasonal Division Points:

Order & Name of Seasonal Division Point Sun's Position at Ecliptic Gregorian Calendar Date
Spring 1.Beginning of Spring
2.Rain Water
3.Waking of Insects
4.Vernal Equinox
5.Pure Brightness
6.Grain Rain
315°
330°
345°

15°
30°
4 or 5 February
18 or 19 February
5 or 6 March
20 or 21 March
4 or 5 April
20 or 21 April
Summer 7.Beginning of Summer
8.Grain Budding
9.Grain in Ear
10.Summer Solstice
11.Slight Heat
12.Great Heat
45°
60°
75°
90°
105°
120°
5 or 6 May
21 or 22 May
5 or 6 June
21 or 22 June
7 or 8 July
22 or 23 July
Autumn 13.Beginning of Autumn
14.Limit of Heat
15.White Dew
16.Autumnal Equinox
17.Cold Dew
18.Frost's Descent
135°
150°
165°
180°
195°
210°
7 or 8 August
23 or 24 August
7 or 8 September
22 or 23 September
8 or 9 October
23 or 24 October
Winter 19.Beginning of Winter
20.Slight Snow
21.Great Snow
22.Winter Solstice
23.Slight Cold
24.Great Cold
225°
240°
255°
270°
285°
300°
7 or 8 November
22 or 23 November
7 or 8 December
21 or 22 December
5 or 6 January
20 or 21 January
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