{
  "_source": "chinesefortunetools.online/data/festivals.json",
  "_note": "Chinese festival dates 2025-2028. Update once, all sites use this.",
  "_updated": "2026-09-11",
  "festivals": [
    {
      "id": "cny",
      "name": "Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)",
      "zh": "春节",
      "type": "lunar",
      "lunar_date": "1/1",
      "description": "The most important Chinese holiday. Marks the start of the lunar new year.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-01-29",
        "2026": "2026-02-17",
        "2027": "2027-02-06",
        "2028": "2028-01-26"
      },
      "emoji": "🎊"
    },
    {
      "id": "lantern",
      "name": "Lantern Festival",
      "zh": "元宵节",
      "type": "lunar",
      "lunar_date": "1/15",
      "description": "15th day of the first lunar month. Marks the end of CNY celebrations.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-02-12",
        "2026": "2026-03-03",
        "2027": "2027-02-20",
        "2028": "2028-02-11"
      },
      "emoji": "🏮"
    },
    {
      "id": "qingming",
      "name": "Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping)",
      "zh": "清明节",
      "type": "solar",
      "description": "Around April 4-6. Families visit ancestral graves. Avoid giving gifts on this day.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-04-05",
        "2026": "2026-04-05",
        "2027": "2027-04-05",
        "2028": "2028-04-04"
      },
      "emoji": "🌿"
    },
    {
      "id": "dragon-boat",
      "name": "Dragon Boat Festival",
      "zh": "端午节",
      "type": "lunar",
      "lunar_date": "5/5",
      "description": "Fifth day of fifth lunar month. Dragon boat races, zongzi rice dumplings.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-05-31",
        "2026": "2026-06-19",
        "2027": "2027-06-09",
        "2028": "2028-06-27"
      },
      "emoji": "🐉"
    },
    {
      "id": "qixi",
      "name": "Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day)",
      "zh": "七夕节",
      "type": "lunar",
      "lunar_date": "7/7",
      "description": "Seventh day of seventh lunar month. Chinese Valentine's Day.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-08-29",
        "2026": "2026-08-19",
        "2027": "2027-08-08",
        "2028": "2028-08-26"
      },
      "emoji": "💫"
    },
    {
      "id": "mid-autumn",
      "name": "Mid-Autumn Festival",
      "zh": "中秋节",
      "type": "lunar",
      "lunar_date": "8/15",
      "description": "15th day of eighth lunar month. Mooncakes, family reunion, full moon.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-10-06",
        "2026": "2026-09-25",
        "2027": "2027-10-15",
        "2028": "2028-10-03"
      },
      "emoji": "🥮"
    },
    {
      "id": "double-nine",
      "name": "Double Ninth Festival",
      "zh": "重阳节",
      "type": "lunar",
      "lunar_date": "9/9",
      "description": "Ninth day of ninth lunar month. Respecting elders, climbing mountains.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-10-29",
        "2026": "2026-10-19",
        "2027": "2027-11-07",
        "2028": "2028-10-26"
      },
      "emoji": "🍂"
    },
    {
      "id": "winter-solstice",
      "name": "Winter Solstice Festival",
      "zh": "冬至",
      "type": "solar",
      "description": "Around December 21-22. Family reunion meal, tangyuan dumplings.",
      "dates": {
        "2025": "2025-12-22",
        "2026": "2026-12-22",
        "2027": "2027-12-22",
        "2028": "2028-12-21"
      },
      "emoji": "❄️"
    }
  ]
}