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Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th Sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
The exception to this guideline is in Taiwan, where a separate calendar system is used, with years numbered to the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. Thus, the year 2006 corresponds to the "95th year of the Republic" (or Chinese: 民國95年; pinyin: Mínguó 95). In official contexts, this system is always used, while the Gregorian ...
Ming Pao (Chinese: 明報) is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America; each provides independent reporting on local news and collects local advertisements.
1948 in Hong Kong Paid Daily State-controlled [† 1] Sing Pao Daily News: 成報: 1939 Paid Daily Pro-government Hong Kong Commercial Daily: 香港商報: 1952 Paid Daily State-controlled [† 1] Ming Pao: 明報: 1959 Paid Daily Moderate Oriental Daily News: 東方日報: 1969 Paid Daily Pro-government Hong Kong Economic Journal ...
A calendrical calculation is a calculation concerning calendar dates. Calendrical calculations can be considered an area of applied mathematics. Some examples of calendrical calculations: Converting a Julian or Gregorian calendar date to its Julian day number and vice versa (see § Julian day number calculation within that article for details).
The traditional Chinese calendar, dating back to the Han dynasty, is a lunisolar calendar that blends solar, lunar, and other cycles for social and agricultural purposes. . While modern China primarily uses the Gregorian calendar for official purposes, the traditional calendar remains culturally significa
The calendar uses 1912, the year of the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) in Nanjing, as the first year. The ROC calendar follows the tradition of using the sovereign's era name and year of reign, as did previous dynasties of China. Months and days are numbered according to the Gregorian calendar. The ROC calendar has been in wide ...
Ming Pao Weekly (Chinese: 明報周刊) – published weekly, and is a premium lifestyles and entertainment magazines in Hong Kong; Ming Pao Monthly (Chinese: 明報月刊) – published weekly, and is an intellectual magazines in Hong Kong; TopGear (HK edition) (Chinese: 極速誌) – magazine mixture of entertainment and car-buying information