{"id":18576,"date":"2021-09-30T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/?p=18576"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T03:14:55","slug":"chinese-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html","title":{"rendered":"National Day of the People&#8217;s Republic of China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"37c28470d9d6d3cb9ff74e663adb766a\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3594734025006597\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The National Day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/baike.baidu.com\/item\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD\/106554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> is also known as &#8220;10.1&#8221;, &#8220;National Day&#8221;, &#8220;Chinese National Day&#8221;, &#8220;National Day Golden Week&#8221;. The <a href=\"https:\/\/baike.baidu.com\/item\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C\/5507439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Central People&#8217;s Government<\/a> announced that since 1949, October 1 of each year, the day when the People&#8217;s Republic of China was declared established, is the National Day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/National-Day-of-the-Peoples-Republic-of-China.jpg\" alt=\"National Day of the People's Republic of China\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/National-Day-of-the-Peoples-Republic-of-China.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/National-Day-of-the-Peoples-Republic-of-China-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nThe National Day of the People&#8217;s Republic of China is a symbol of the country. It appeared with the founding of New China and became particularly important. It has become a symbol of an independent country, reflecting our country&#8217;s state system and government system. National Day is a new, universal holiday form, which carries the function of reflecting the cohesion of our country and nation. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on National Day are also a concrete manifestation of the government&#8217;s mobilization and appeal. It has the four basic characteristics of National Day celebrations to show national strength, enhance national confidence, reflect cohesion, and exert appeal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#The_origin_of_the_holiday\" title=\"The origin of the holiday\">The origin of the holiday<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#Festival_Evolution\" title=\"Festival Evolution\">Festival Evolution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#Holiday_Significance\" title=\"Holiday Significance\">Holiday Significance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#Holiday_Events\" title=\"Holiday Events\">Holiday Events<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#Military_Parade\" title=\"Military Parade\">Military Parade<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#Landing_up_lights\" title=\"Landing up lights\">Landing up lights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#National_Day_holiday\" title=\"National Day holiday\">National Day holiday<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-national-day.html\/#Flag_Raising_Ceremony\" title=\"Flag Raising Ceremony\">Flag Raising Ceremony<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_origin_of_the_holiday\"><\/span><strong>The origin of the holiday<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On October 1, 1949, the inauguration ceremony of the Central People&#8217;s Government of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, the founding ceremony, was grandly held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/found-of-Peoples-Republic-of-China.jpg\" alt=\"found of People's Republic of China\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/found-of-Peoples-Republic-of-China.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/found-of-Peoples-Republic-of-China-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nOn December 2, 1949, the resolution passed at the fourth meeting of the Central People\u2019s Government Committee stated: \u201cThe Central People\u2019s Government Committee declared: Since 1950, it will be October 1st each year, the great day the People\u2019s Republic of China proclaimed its founding. , Is the National Day of the People&#8217;s Republic of China.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis is the origin of &#8220;October 1&#8221; as the &#8220;birthday&#8221; of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, that is, the &#8220;National Day&#8221;.<br \/>\nSince 1950, October 1st has been a grand celebration for the people of all ethnic groups in China.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Festival_Evolution\"><\/span><strong>Festival Evolution<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the early days of the founding of New China (1950&#8211;1959), large-scale celebrations and military parades were held every National Day.<br \/>\nIn September 1960, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council decided to reform the National Day system based on the policy of building the country through diligence and thrift. Since then, from 1960 to 1970, grand rallies and mass demonstrations were held in front of Tiananmen Square on National Day every year, but no military parade was held.<br \/>\nFrom 1971 to 1983, on October 1st of each year, Beijing celebrated the National Day with large-scale garden party activities and other forms, without mass demonstrations. In 1984, the 35th anniversary of the National Day, a grand National Day military parade and mass celebration parade were held. In the following ten years, other forms of celebration of the National Day were adopted, and the National Day military parade and mass celebration parade were not held.<br \/>\nOn October 1, 1999, the 50th anniversary of the National Day, a grand National Day military parade and mass celebration parade were held. This is the last grand National Day celebration held by the People&#8217;s Republic of China in the 20th century.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Holiday_Significance\"><\/span><strong>Holiday Significance<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>National symbol<\/strong><br \/>\nThe National Day of the People&#8217;s Republic of China is a symbol of the country. It appeared with the emergence of the country and became particularly important. It became a symbol of an independent country, reflecting the state and government of this country.<br \/>\n<strong>Functional manifestation<\/strong><br \/>\nOnce the special commemoration method of National Day becomes a new and universal holiday form, it will bear the function of reflecting the cohesion of this country and nation. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on National Day are also a concrete manifestation of the government&#8217;s mobilization and appeal.<br \/>\n<strong>Basic features<\/strong><br \/>\nDemonstrating national strength, enhancing national confidence, embodying cohesion, and exerting appeal are the three basic characteristics of National Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Holiday_Events\"><\/span><strong>Holiday Events<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Military_Parade\"><\/span><strong>Military Parade<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>After the founding of New China, according to the decision of the Chinese People&#8217;s Political Consultative Conference, the military parade was listed as an important part of the National Day ceremony. From the founding ceremony in 1949 to the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China in 1959, the People\u2019s Republic of China held a large-scale National Day military parade in Tiananmen Square every year, which was held 11 times before and after.<br \/>\nIn September 1960, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council decided to reform the national ceremonial ceremony system based on the policy of strict economy and diligence and thrift to build the country, implementing &#8220;a small celebration in five years, a large celebration in ten years, and a military parade on Daqing.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn 1964, the military parade clause appeared for the first time in the military formation order issued by the Ministry of National Defense. After that, due to the &#8220;Cultural Revolution&#8221; and other reasons, China did not hold a National Day military parade for 24 consecutive years.<br \/>\nIn 1981, on Deng Xiaoping&#8217;s proposal, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission decided to resume the military parade. On the 35th anniversary of the National Day in 1984, the first large-scale National Day military parade was held.<br \/>\nSince the founding of the National Day of the People\u2019s Republic of China, there have been 11 military parades during the National Day celebrations from 1949 to 1959, the 35th anniversary of the National Day in 1984, the 50th anniversary of the National Day in 1999, and the 60th anniversary of the National Day in 2009. On October 1, 2019, the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China was grandly held in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the troops under review.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Landing_up_lights\"><\/span><strong>Landing up lights<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Every National Day holiday in China, all enterprises and institutions will hang lanterns or banners to celebrate the National Day with slogans such as &#8220;Celebrate National Day&#8221;; on the square are bonsai and hydrogen balloons with slogans to welcome the National Day with a joyous atmosphere.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"National_Day_holiday\"><\/span><strong>National Day holiday<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Since 1999, the National Day has been the &#8220;Golden Week&#8221; holiday in Mainland China. The statutory holiday for National Day is 3 days, and the two weekends before and after are adjusted to a total of 7 days; for overseas institutions and enterprises in Mainland China, it is 3-7 days; Macau Special Administrative Region is 2 days, and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is 1 day.<br \/>\nAs of 2014, the General Office of the State Council of the People&#8217;s Republic of China has announced that it will be closed from October 1st to 7th for a total of 7 days. Work on September 28 (Sunday) and October 11 (Saturday).<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flag_Raising_Ceremony\"><\/span><strong>Flag Raising Ceremony<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Every National Day, the flag of the People&#8217;s Republic of China is raised at 6:10.<br \/>\nOn October 1, 2013, according to the statistics of the Tiananmen District Management Committee, about 110,000 people from all over the country braved the rain to watch the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square in Beijing early that morning to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"37c28470d9d6d3cb9ff74e663adb766a\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3594734025006597\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Day of the People&#8217;s Republic of China is also known as &#8220;10.1&#8221;, &#8220;National&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[1991,1992,1993,1989,1990],"class_list":["post-18576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-national-day-10-1","tag-national-day-golden-week","tag-national-day-long-holiday","tag-national-day-of-china","tag-national-day-of-the-eleventh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}