the First state holiday in honor of the peasantry — the Holiday of a crop of the Chinese peasants — is founded by
in China. Since 2018 he will be annually marked out in day of an autumn equinox on a lunar calendar — on September 22, 23 or 24 depending on a year. About it transfers online edition "DV-ROSS" with reference to information agency "Sinkhua".
tothe Minister of Agriculture and rural affairs China Han Changfu, telling about this decision of the central government on Thursday at a briefing for journalists, expressed confidence that it will promote further strengthening of attention to questions of agriculture, the village and the peasantry for which and without that the paramount place in party and state work is allocated.
the First country holiday, certainly, will strengthen feeling of glory, happiness and finding at hundred millions people which are occupied in agrarian sector, the minister is convinced.
At the same time, were noted by Han Changfu, it is a holiday not only peasants, it "is open and for other social groups". The minister called for open approach to the organization of festive actions to turn this holiday into "an agricultural carnival, day of fun and pleasure of peasants, an exhibition demonstration of a crop and the big cultural arena".