straight stretch
5.For Chinese New Year - the most important festival, Taiwanese get four off days straight, starting from the eve of the Chinese New Year season. The stretch of holidays is in fact longer if the weekends before and after are included. Some people also clear their accumulated off days during this time.Indeed, for Taiwanese, it is only after celebrating the birthday of the "Ruler of Heaven" on the 9th day and the Lantern Festival on the 15th day that Chinese New Year festivities are considered over.


