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The government wanted to abolish the Chinese calendar to force everyone to use the Gregorian calendar, and even abolished the Lunar New Year, but faced great opposition. The public needed the astronomical Chinese calendar to do things at a proper time, for example farming and fishing; also, a wide spectrum of festivals and customs observations ...
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.
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The Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage [1] [2] is an annual celebration of the Taoist sea goddess Mazu held in Taiwan.During the festival, a statue of Mazu is placed in a litter and carried by foot on a round-trip journey from Jenn Lann Temple in Dajia, Taichung to Fengtian Temple in Xingang, Chiayi, stopping at many more temples along the way.
Berber calendar: 2304: English Regnal year: 27 Edw. 3 – 28 Edw. 3: Buddhist calendar: 1898: Burmese calendar: 716: Byzantine calendar: 6862–6863: Chinese calendar: 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4051 or 3844 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4052 or 3845: Coptic calendar: 1070–1071: Discordian calendar: 2520: Ethiopian calendar: 1346–1347 ...
In Singapore, Chinese New Year is the only traditional Chinese public holiday, likewise with Malaysia. Each region has its own holidays on top of this condensed traditional Chinese set. Mainland China and Taiwan observe patriotic holidays, Hong Kong and Macau observe Christian holidays, and Malaysia and Singapore celebrate Malay and Indian ...
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