In China, it has formed a tradition that every national holiday from now on will be from Oct 1 to Oct 7 – 7 days. This year, since there is a Middle Moon Festival during that period, the holiday is extended to 8 days.
So, the quick schedule is: Oct 1 to Oct 8 = holiday.
The complicated schedule is about the date before and after it. Since the holiday is just 3 days, and they tried to leverage the 4 weekends before and after the 3 holiday to make it up to 7 days, the national wide schedule is very wired:
Sept 25 Friday Weekday
Sept 26 Saturday Weekend
Sept 27 Sunday Weekday
Sept 28 Monday Weekday
Sept 29 Tuesday Weekday
Sept 30 Wednesday Weekday
Oct 1 Thursday Holiday
Oct 2 Friday Holiday
Oct 3 Saturday Holiday
Oct 4 Sunday Holiday
Oct 5 Monday Holiday
Oct 6 Tuesday Holiday
Oct 7 Wednesday Holiday
Oct 8 Thursday Holiday
Oct 9 Friday Weekday
Oct 10 Saturday Weekday
Oct 11 Sunday Weekend
Oct 12 Monday Weekday
Please note the two days marked as bold – people need to come to work on Saturday or Sunday.
THE Parade
The Parade will happen on 10:00 AM, October 1, 2009. I doubt any other media besides CCTV 4 will broadcast it outside China. Putting all the controversial discussion aside, the parade itself should be nice to watch.
