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    The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar dating from the Han dynasty that combines solar, lunar, and other cycles for various social and...
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    This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western (Gregorian) calendar, and other related information...
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    of China calendar, often shortened to the ROC calendar or the Minguo calendar, is a calendar used in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. The calendar uses...
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    The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year...
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    with the lunar calendar in China. The most celebrated Chinese holidays, such as Spring Festival (Chunjie, 春節), also known as the Chinese New Year, Lantern...
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    Chinese characters mark the New and Full Moons of the Chinese calendar, which typically differ by one day from those of the Thai. Thai lunar calendar...
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  • The traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of harvests or prayer offerings. The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring...
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    Gregorian calendar in 1873, the reference calendar was based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. Briefly Abridged Calendar of 1873 Calendar for 1907 Over...
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    the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Snake is associated with the Earthly...
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  • Chinese astrology is based on traditional Chinese astronomy and the Chinese calendar. Chinese astrology flourished during the Han dynasty (2nd century...
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    calendar. The adopted calendar in both mainland China and Taiwan is called the Public Calendar (simplified Chinese: 公历; traditional Chinese: 公曆; pinyin: Gōnglì)...
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  • Indian subcontinent), Chinese calendars and Mesoamerican calendars. These are not specific calendars but series of historical calendars undergoing reforms...
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  • A calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day, and thus consists of...
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    of the month in the Islamic calendar and in some lunisolar calendars such as the Hebrew calendar. In the Chinese calendar, the beginning of the month...
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    the Hijri calendar observed by most of Islam. Alternatively, in some lunisolar calendars, such as the Hebrew calendar and Chinese calendar, the first...
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    A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation...
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  • emperors, see Chinese era name. Most Chinese do not assign numbers to the years of the Chinese calendar, but the few who do, like expatriate Chinese, use a continuous...
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    traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year's Eve, the...
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    cycle with the Chinese calendar. The Surya Siddhanta and other Indian classical texts on astronomy had some influence on the Chinese calendar although it...
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    traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar copied from the lunisolar Chinese calendar. Dates are calculated...
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  • The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas...
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    of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated with the Earthly...
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    Chinese holidays Public holidays in China Public holidays in Japan Camaron Kao (May 14, 2012), "Thousands of believers mark Buddha's birthday", China...
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    independence following the third Chinese domination of Vietnam, the following dynasties established their own calendars based on Chinese prototypes, and every subsequent...
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  • Leap year (category Calendars)
    "leap second month" i.e. simplified Chinese: 闰二月; traditional Chinese: 閏二月; pinyin: rùn'èryuè. The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar with an embolismic month...
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  • Babylonian calendar, the Chinese calendar, and the Hebrew calendar, but different from the Gregorian calendar. Unlike the Gregorian calendar which adds...
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  • Dongzhi (solar term) (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
    (traditional Chinese: 至點; simplified Chinese: 至日; lit. extreme day) mark the middle of Traditional Chinese calendar seasons. Thus, in "冬至", the Chinese character...
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    The Chongzhen calendar (Chinese: 崇禎曆; pinyin: Chóngzhēn lì; Wade–Giles: Ch‘ung2-chên1 Li4) or Shixian calendar (Chinese: 時憲曆; pinyin: Shíxiàn lì; Wade–Giles:...
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    established in Tibet in 2009. List of annual events in China List of observances set by the Chinese calendar Public holidays in Hong Kong Public holidays in...
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    calendar), Myanmar (Burmese calendar). List of calendars Chinese calendar Persian calendar Kenton, Will. "Understanding the Calendar Year". Investopedia. Retrieved...
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