Thesday 1 Jan New Year Wednesday 2 Jan New Year (2nd day) Saturday 5 Apr Ching Ming (Tomb-Sweeping Day) Honor the dead, dated back to 206 b.c. Sunday 8 Jun Tuen Ng (Dragon Boat Festival) Commemorate the Chinese poet, Chau Yuan (328-298 b.c.) drowned himself in the lake to protest the corruption of the court Sunday 14 Sep Mid-Autumn Festival Commemorate the uprising against the Mongols in 14th century Sunday 28 Sep Teacher's Day (Confucius Birthday) Celebrate the birth of teacher Confucius, perhaps the most influential man in China Tuesday 7 Oct Chung Yeung Family Remembrance Day Friday 10 Oct Double Tenth Day (National Day) Chinese Revolution, Oct 10, 1911, marked the end of the Qing Dynasty and led to the foundation of the Republic of China Friday 31 Oct Chaing Kai-shek's Birthday Wednesday 12 Nov Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Birthday Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925), leader of the Chinese National Party, Kuomintang Thursday 25 Dec Constitution Day Source: Taiwan Embassy in Thailand