These free China travel tools answer the questions English-speaking visitors look up before a trip: how to spend the days, how to read a character out loud, when the next lunar festival falls, which days China is closed in 2026, whether a passport may skip a visa, what Chinese given name to use in class or on WeChat, and which zodiac animal a birthday falls under.
China itinerary builder
A detailed first-visit plan from the cities, pace, and interests you choose.
Chinese to pinyin
Turn characters into tone-marked pinyin or tone numbers. Useful for menus, names, and signs.
Chinese festival dates
The next Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn, Dragon Boat, Qingming, and the other movable festivals.
China public holidays 2026
Golden Week, Mid-Autumn, Spring Festival, and the makeup workdays offices actually use.
China visa-free checker
Compare your passport with the 30-day waiver and the 240-hour transit list.
Chinese name generator
Three given names with characters, tone-marked pinyin, and a short meaning.
Chinese zodiac calculator
Animal and element from your birthday, using the Lunar New Year cutoff.
Why these tools
Lovely China publishes practical guides to travel, food, and daily life in China. The tools sit next to those guides. The itinerary builder writes a first-visit plan and publishes it under Travel. The pinyin converter reads characters with the most common pronunciation. Festival dates follow the lunar calendar and the Qingming solar term, so the page is not locked to one year. The holiday calendar follows the State Council notice for 2026. The visa checker uses the National Immigration Administration nationality lists and tells you when a stay still needs a visa. The name generator suggests established given-name patterns instead of spelling an English name with random characters. The zodiac calculator changes animal on Lunar New Year, not on January 1.
Nothing here asks for a passport number, an account, or a payment. The itinerary opens as its own page. The other tools keep their results in your browser.