The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a country.(國慶節) Often the National Day will be a national holiday.
The National Day is often taken as the date on which a state or territory achieved independence. Other dates such as the country's patron saint day, or a significant historic date are sometimes used. Most countries have a single National Day per year, though a few, for example, India and Pakistan, have more than one. Besides that, each of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, namely Hong Kong and Macao, celebrate the day of the establishment of the special administrative region, as well as the National Day of the People's Republic of China.
The importance attached to the National Day, and the degree to which it is celebrated, vary enormously from country to country. In France, for example, National Day is 14 July and is known as Bastille Day. It is widely celebrated and the French Tricolour is much in evidence, while the President of the Republic attends a military parade on the Champs-élysées of Paris. In the United States, the Fourth of July celebrations are widely celebrated with fireworks and barbecues. In the Republic of Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, has been the National Day and a Public Holiday for many years, and in recent years it has been observed as a full Public Holiday in Northern Ireland too. However, in the rest of the United Kingdom the constituent countries' patron saints' days are low-key affairs.
Most countries have a fixed date National Day, but some have movable dates. An example here is Jamaica, which celebrates its National Day on the first Monday in August. This commemorates independence from the United Kingdom which was attained on Monday, 6 August 1962 - the first Monday in August of that year. Another example is Thailand which celebrates the birthday of the King on 5 December. This date will change on the accession of the heir to the throne.
國慶節是一個指定日期慶祝活動標志著一個國家的國家。常常國慶節將會是一個國定假日。
國慶節通常是作為一個國家或地區的日期取得獨立。其他日期,如國家的守護神,或重大歷史日期有時使用。每年大多數國家只有一個國慶日,盡管一些,例如,印度和巴基斯坦,有不止一個。除此之外,每一個中華人民共和國的兩個特別行政區,即香港和澳門,慶祝的日子特別行政區的建立,以及中華人民共和國的國慶節。
國慶節的重視,是慶祝的程度,從國家有著極大的差別。例如,在法國的國慶節是在7月14日,巴士底日。人們普遍慶祝和法國三色旗的證據,而共和國總統參加閱兵在巴黎的香榭麗舍大街。在美國,7月4日慶祝活動廣泛慶祝的煙花和燒烤。在愛爾蘭共和國,圣帕特里克節,3月17日國慶節和公共假期多年,近年來它被觀察到的是一個完整的公共假期在北愛爾蘭。然而,英國其他地區的組成國家‘守護神’天低調的事務。
大多數國家有國慶節一個固定的日期,但有些活動日期。一個例子是牙買加,將在8月的第一個星期一慶祝國慶節。這是為了紀念從英國獨立獲得周一,1962年8月6——8月的第一個星期一。另一個例子是泰國慶祝國王的生日12月5日。這個日期會改變加入的王位繼承人。
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