Professionals Day (also known as Administrative Professionals’ Day, Secretaries Day or Admin Day) is an unofficial secular holiday observed in several countries to recognize the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, receptionists, and other administrative support professionals. Observation by Region: In Australia, it is celebrated on the first Friday in May […]

April 20, 2015, today is Grain Rain (谷雨 Gǔyǔ), the last solar term of the spring, according to Chinese 24 terms. The term “Grain Rain” is originated from a folk story. When Cangjie, an official from the Yellow Emperor period, created writing characters, grain came down from sky like rainfall. […]

Easter (Old English usually Ēastrun, -on, or -an; also Ēastru, -o; and Ēostre), also called Pasch (derived, through Latin: Pascha and Greek Πάσχα Paskha, from Aramaic: פסחא‎, cognate to Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ Pesaḥ) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described […]

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Clear and Bright (Chinese: 清明), the 5th solar term. Of all the 24 solar terms, Clear and Bright is the only one whose first day is also a traditional Chinese festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day. The words “clear” and “bright” […]