LtL Mandarin School will be closed in 2012 on the following dates in accordance with the schedule of Chinese Public Holidays:
- January 23-27, 2012 – Chinese New Year
- April 4, 2012 – Qingming Festival
- May 1, 2012 – Labor Day
- June 22nd, 2012 – Dragon Boat Festival
- October 1-5, 2012 – National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival
For the following dates in 2012, classes will be moved from a working day to a weekend:
- Thursday, January 26th – All classes are moved to Saturday, January 21st
- Friday, January 27th – All classes are moved to Sunday, January 29th
- Friday, October 5th – All classes are moved to Saturday, September 29th
Why it works this way
Because Chinese holidays follow a lunar calendar, the dates can change from year to year. In an attempt to create consecutive days of holiday time for people to travel to their hometowns, workers in China are often required to substitute a weekend day for a mid-week working day. In this way, you still get the same number of working days and holidays, but the holidays are blocked together.
It’s important to note that this day-swapping is usually only followed by government offices. All other companies usually interpret the schedule as they see fit, provided they offer the actual holidays as time off.
At LTL, we believe the work day substitution makes sense when it creates a weeklong holiday. This gives our staff and students the chance to spend the time necessary to take a proper trip. However, it just doesn’t make logistical sense for us to, for example, schedule classes the Saturday and Sunday before Qingming Festival in order to create a 3-day holiday from Monday-Wednesday.
So, for Chinese New Year and National Day, LtL will follow the official Chinese government system for swapping working days for weekend days. For all other holidays, we will only close on the day of the holiday. It’s important to note that you will never lose credit for classes canceled due to a Public Holiday. A make-up class will always be scheduled for another day at your convenience.
Still confused? You can read the official government explanation (in Chinese) or the expanded LtL explanation (in English).
If you have any additional questions about school opening times, please feel free to Contact Us or visit our Events page.
School Closing Times for 2013
- January 1st, 2013 – International New Year
- February 11th – 13th 2013 – Chinese New Year
- April 4th 2013 – Qing Ming Jie
- May 1st 2013 – Labour Day
- June 12th 2013 – Dragon Boat Festival
- September 19th 2013 – Mid-Autumn Festival
- October 1st – 3rd – National Holiday
For the following dates in 2013, classes will be moved from a working day to a weekend:
- Thursday, February 14th and Friday February 15th are moved to Saturday February 156h and Sunday February 17th
- Friday, October 4th and Monday October 7th are moved to Saturday September 28th and Sunday 29th
Please make sure you adjust your arrival times accordingly! If there are any questions, we are more than happy to explain, just drop us an email.
