2024 Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen & Matsu National Holidays and Lunar New Year Calendar (Including Make-Up Holidays and Make-Up Workdays)

In the Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu regions of the Republic of China, national holidays typically include the Lunar New Year, the Lantern Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Double Ninth Festival, and Chinese New Year—these are the days with the longest consecutive holidays of the year.

The national Directorate-General of Personnel Administration has specifically set the 2024 (ROC year 113) government agency office calendar, and the number 3743 has appeared, representing the number of consecutive holiday days in each month of the Year of the Dragon.

In other words, people in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu in year 113 have only 4 remaining consecutive holidays of at least three days to enjoy (and New Year’s Day even borrowed a holiday from year 112). Many people joke that because there were so many make-up workdays and make-up holidays this year, the government got scared of being scolded and is punishing the public in this “give up eating for fear of choking” manner.

1. 2024 Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen & Matsu Consecutive Holiday Schedule

The Founding Day of the Republic of China

January 1, New Year’s Day, from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024, a total of 3 days.

Chinese New Year Spring Festival Holiday

Holidays begin on Chinese New Year’s Eve at the end of the twelfth lunar month and, in principle, end on the fifth day.

This year it runs from February 8 to February 14, a total of 7 days.

228 Peace Day

February 28, a total of 1 day.

Ethnic Tomb Sweeping Festival

Commonly known as Ching Ming Festival or the Ching Ming holiday, it is held together with Children’s Day on April 4.

This year it runs from April 4 to April 7, a total of 4 days.

Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month each year; this year it runs from June 8 to June 10, a total of 3 days.

Chinese Moon Festival

Also called Mid-Autumn Festival in some English usage, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month; this year it falls on September 17, a total of 1 day.

National Day of the Republic of China

Held every year on October 10 of the solar calendar to commemorate the Xinhai Revolution that took place on October 10, 1911, celebrating the founding and independence of the Republic of China.

This year it falls on October 10, a total of 1 day.

2. Public Opinion Analysis on Consecutive Holiday Arrangements

Republic of China 2024 (ROC year 113) consecutive holiday calendar

The longest holiday this year is still the 7-day Chinese New Year Spring Festival holiday, and it falls in early February, so people can arrange their vacation plans early.

What is more unusual is the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and the National Day of the Republic of China, because both are scheduled as single days, so if people still want consecutive holidays to enjoy themselves fully, they can only request leave from their companies.

In the government agency office calendar officially released by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, Executive Yuan, we can see that the total number of days off across all 365 days of 2023 (ROC year 112) reached as many as 115 days.

This year, the total number of consecutive holidays of three days or more is only 4 periods, including the Founding Day, the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, and both Children’s Day and the Ethnic Tomb Sweeping Festival (Ching Ming Festival, Children’s Day) and the Dragon Boat Festival, which have consecutive holidays of three days or more.

The editor suggests everyone arrange their Lunar New Year spring vacation travel as early as possible now, otherwise you won’t be able to buy plane tickets and will only be able to watch others travel all over on Facebook (isn’t it a bit early to be thinking about vacation now?).

We hope everyone can make good use of these consecutive holidays for various commemorative and festival days, allowing themselves to enjoy life more amid their tight and busy work.

Year 113 Make-Up Holidays, Adjusted Holidays, and Adjusted Workdays

Lunar New Year holiday: Make-up workday on February 17 (Saturday).

The editor reminds everyone that this holiday schedule is based on the official civil servants’ annual calendar and only arranges make-up holidays for “commemorative days” and “major folk festivals.”

For example, Labor Day in 2016 (May 1) happened to fall on a Sunday, so there was no make-up holiday. Therefore, the actual holiday schedule should still be based on each company’s and business’s own arrangements.

Details of Relevant Republic of China Regulations on Holidays, Make-Up Holidays, and Make-Up Workdays

Excerpts from Certain Articles of the “Implementation Measures for Commemorative Days and Festivals”

Amended by Order Tai-Nei-Min-Zi No. 1030182404 on June 11, 2014: “Article 5-1: When a holiday for a commemorative day or festival falls on a regular day off, a make-up holiday shall be granted. If the regular day off is a Saturday, the make-up holiday is granted on the preceding workday; if it is a Sunday, the make-up holiday is granted on the following workday…