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Chinese golden weeks holidays

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In China, International Workers' Day marks the start of one of the country's three so-called "Golden Weeks". Three days holiday are given, and the surrounding weekends are re-arranged so that workers in Chinese workplaces always have seven continuous days of holiday starting on the first and ending on the seventh. This holiday, known as "Wu Yi" (五一, literally "5.1") also includes Youth Day on May 4, and is the peak period for Chinese citizens to travel around China and abroad.
The National Day(1 Oct.) is the start of another Golden Weeks.
It is celebrated throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau with a variety of government-organised festivities, including fireworks and concerts. Public places, such as Tiananmen Square in Beijing, are decorated in a festive theme. Portraits of revered leaders, such as Sun Yat-Sen, are publicly displayed.
When the anniversary is a multiple of five (e.g. the 50th, 55th, or 60th), large scale official celebrations are held, including an inspection of troops on Tiananmen Square. More notable of these events included Deng Xiaoping's inspection in 1984 and Jiang Zemin's inspection in 1999.
The Spring festival is the start of the third Golden Weeks.