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TAIWAN HOLIDAYS IN 2022
Here is a full list of Taiwan Public Holidays for 2022 and 2023.
Please note LTL Mandarin School Taiwan is open 365 days a year and classes are taken and arranged accordingly. If you have further questions about Taiwan Bank holidays, please contact us.
| Dates | Holidays | Traditional characters |
|---|---|---|
| 1er January 2022 | International New Year | 元旦 yuándàn |
| From 31 January to 6 February 2022 | Chinese New Year | 春節 chūnjié |
| 28 February 2022 | Peace Memorial Day | 228 和平紀念日 hépíng jìniàn rì |
| 5 April 2022 | Children’s Day | 兒童節 értóng jié |
| 5 April 2022 | Qing Ming Jie | 清明節 qīngmíng jié |
| 1er May 2022 | Labor Day | 勞動節 láodòng jié |
| 3 June 2022 | Dragon Boat Festival | 端午節 duānwǔ jié |
| 9 and 10 September 2022 | Mid-Autumn Festival | 中秋節 zhōngqiū jié |
| 10 October 2022 | ROC National Day | 國慶日 guóqìng rì |
COMPENSATION DAYS – In Taiwan and the Mainland, compensation work takes place in order to allow a longer holiday break. This was implemented because many family members have to make long journeys from work cities to home towns and allows them to spend longer with their families during the most important times of the year.
2022 Taiwan compensation days are as follow:
* Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January are worked.
TAIWAN HOLIDAYS IN 2023
| Dates | Holidays | Traditional characters |
|---|---|---|
| 1er January 2023 | International New Year | 元旦 yuándàn |
| From 21 January to 26 January 2023 | Chinese New Year | 春節 chūnjié |
| 28 February 2023 | Peace Memorial Day | 228 和平紀念日 hépíng jìniàn rì |
| 4 April 2023 | Children’s Day | 兒童節 értóng jié |
| 5 April 2023 | Qing Ming Jie | 清明節 qīngmíng jié |
| 1er mai 2022 | Labor Day | 勞動節 láodòng jié |
| 22 May 2023 | Dragon Boat Festival | 端午節 duānwǔ jié |
| 29 September 2023 | Mid-Autumn Festival | 中秋節 zhōngqiū jié |
| 10 October 2023 | ROC National Day | 國慶日 guóqìng rì |
This is an estimate. All dates need to be officially confirmed.
TAIWAN HOLIDAYS – WHY WORK COMPENSATION DAYS?
There is no doubt figuring out holidays in Taiwan and the Mainland is a tricky thing for a new comer!
There is a rather unique system for these holidays which involves days being moved around, making some Sunday’s working days.
But why!!
The reason is actually one that makes a lot of common sense, so let’s give you an example.
Chinese New Year is a 3 day holiday
So let’s say you get Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off. Alongside the weekend that is 5 days off.
But why have 5 days off when you can create 7?
How this is done is to declare the Thursday and Friday of that week as holiday’s also, but to do this you must work two weekend days to make up for it!
Therefore, a weekend, either before or after the festival is declared a working “weekend”, giving you a 7 day working week for the pleasure. Likewise this could be split into two 6 day working weeks depending on how it falls.
Why make people work 7 days in a week?
The argument is this – having a 7 day holiday is much better than a 5 day holiday when a vast number of the population have to travel a LONG way to be home with families. This makes the journey far more worthwhile, 2 extra days makes the world of difference when spending, let’s say, 15 hours on the road from door to door to get home to families.
In a nutshell – that’s why there is a unique system like this for Taiwan Public Holidays.
NOTE – Our schools in the mainland follow a slightly different set of holidays. To find out more about the Mainland Public Holidays visit our page.
