O que acontece em Cantão, República Popular da China, ao longo do ano

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) em República Popular da China

• Festival

  Spring Festival flower markets

  10–17 FevAno-Novo LunarLotado

  Eleven street markets across the districts sell peach branches, kumquats and narcissus in the last days before the new year, trading until the small hours of new year's eve. Walking the flower street is the local ritual, not the shopping. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Spring Festival flower markets, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) em República Popular da China

• Temporada

  Hui Nan Tian, the damp return

  15 Fev – 10 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de neblinaRisco

  Warm sea air meeting surfaces still cold from winter puts a film of water on floors, walls and mirrors for days at a time. Laundry will not dry, marble lobbies turn slippery and hotels run dehumidifiers. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Spring Festival flower markets (10–17 Fev)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 Fev – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Qingming grave-sweeping holiday, Canton Fair, spring session

• Feriado

  Qingming grave-sweeping holiday

  3–7 Abr · normalmenteFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  Three days off in early April with the whole delta on the road to the ancestral villages. The Baiyun cemeteries queue from dawn and intercity trains out of Guangzhou sell out a fortnight ahead. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, spring session

  15 Abr – 5 MaiGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  Three five-day phases of the world's largest trade fair, and the reason a hotel room in Guangzhou can cost four times its usual rate in late April. Book beds and taxis well before, or come in a different month. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 Fev – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Canton Fair, spring session, May Day holiday

• Feriado

  May Day holiday

  1–5 MaiGolden WeekLotadoReserve cedo

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Lychee season

  20 Mai – 20 Jul · normalmenteColheita

  The Pearl River delta is the lychee heartland and the fruit is sold by the branch on every corner from late May, cheapest at the end of June when the main varieties come in together.

• Festival

  Dragon boat month

  25 Mai – 25 Jun · normalmenteEvento esportivo

  The delta villages dig their long boats out of the creek mud in early summer and spend weeks visiting each other before the race day itself. Liede, Shawan and the tributaries are where it happens, not the tourist waterfront. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Canton Fair, spring session (15 Abr – 5 Mai)

Tranquilo — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em junho.

Ainda em andamento: Lychee season (20 Mai – 20 Jul (normalmente)), Dragon boat month (25 Mai – 25 Jun (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em República Popular da China, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Risco

  Typhoon season

  1 Jul – 30 Set · normalmenteFechamentos

  A typhoon signal eight closes offices, schools and the ferries to Hong Kong for the day, and September is the month it is most likely. It rarely takes more than a day out of a trip. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Lychee season (20 Mai – 20 Jul (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em República Popular da China, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Typhoon season (1 Jul – 30 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Mid-Autumn Festival, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25 SetLuzes e fogoLotadoReserve cedo

  The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon. It is a mainland public holiday, so trains and rooms tighten around it. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Typhoon season (1 Jul – 30 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — National Day Golden Week, Canton Fair, autumn session

• Feriado

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 OutLotadoReserve cedo

  Seven days off nationally from 1 October and the biggest travel surge of the Chinese year. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead, hotel rates rise sharply, and the best-known sights run at their visitor caps. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, autumn session

  15 Out – 4 NovGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  The second session runs the same three phases across three weeks, and does the same thing to room rates. It overlaps the best weather of the year, which is exactly the problem. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Mid-Autumn Festival (25 Set)

Lotação máxima — Canton Fair, autumn session, International Light Festival

• Festival

  International Light Festival

  10–30 Nov · normalmenteLuzes e fogoLotado

  Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha. Free, but the island venues run on timed entry booked through a mini-programme days ahead, and the nearby metro exits queue after dark. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Canton Fair, autumn session (15 Out – 4 Nov)

Movimentado — Guangzhou Marathon, férias escolares em 5 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Guangzhou Marathon

  20 DezEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  Thirty thousand runners along the Pearl River on a Sunday in December, which closes the riverside roads and both bridges near Canton Tower for the morning. Fonte ↗