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2. Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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   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

3. Lunisolar calendar - Wikipedia

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   Record of the Chinese lunisolar calendar for 1834, 1835, and 1836 during the Qing dynasty under the Daoguang Emperor's Reign (道光十四年，道光十五年，道光十六年) A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures, that combines monthly lunar cycles with the solar year. As with all calendars which divide the year into months ...

4. Sexagenary cycle - Wikipedia

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   [17] [18] There are two systems of placing these months, the lunar one and the solar one. One system follows the ordinary Chinese lunar calendar and connects the names of the months directly to the central solar term (中氣; zhōngqì). The jiànzǐyuè ((建) 子月) is the month containing the winter solstice (i.e. the 冬至 Dōngzhì ...

5. What is the Chinese Lunar New Year? Everything to know about ...

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   A woman carries a section of a dragon in February 2024 during a Chinese dragon dance at a Lunar New Year Festival in Austin, Texas. The Year of the Snake. Here's your guide to the Lunar New Year

6. Lichun - Wikipedia

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   The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The first one is known as lichun in Chinese, risshun in Japanese, ipchun in Korean, and lập xuân in Vietnamese. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day ...

7. Everything to Know About Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year ...

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   It marks the start of a new year based on the lunar calendar, a dating system that’s based on the monthly cycle of the moon’s phases. “Not unlike the western New Year , Lunar New Year is ...

8. Renri - Wikipedia

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   In Japan, Renri is called Jinjitsu (人日, jinjitsu).It is one of the five seasonal festivals (五節句, gosekku).It is celebrated on January 7. It is also known as Nanakusa no sekku (七草の節句, nanakusa no sekku), "the feast of seven herbs", from the custom of eating seven-herb kayu (七草粥, nanakusa-gayu) to ensure good health for the coming year.

9. When is the Chinese New Year 2024? Details to know ... - AOL

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   The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 10 this year, marking the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Chinese New Year dates.