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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 in a repeating twelve-year cycle. [1] The zodiac is very important in traditional Chinese culture and exists as a reflection of Chinese philosophy and culture . [ 2 ]
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.
15 February 1904: Water Cat 14 February 1915: 3 February 1916: Wood Cat 2 February 1927: 22 January 1928: Fire Cat 19 February 1939: 7 February 1940: Earth Cat 6 February 1951: 26 January 1952: Metal Cat 25 January 1963: 12 February 1964: Water Cat 11 February 1975: 30 January 1976: Wood Cat 29 January 1987: 16 February 1988: Fire Cat 16 ...
The date of the Chinese New Year accords with the patterns of the lunisolar calendar and hence is variable from year to year. The invariant between years is that the winter solstice, Dongzhi is required to be in the eleventh month of the year [ 42 ] This means that Chinese New Year will be on the second new moon after the previous winter ...
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 ...
Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmonies: heaven, earth, and human), and uses the principles of yin and yang, wuxing (five phases), the ten Heavenly Stems, the twelve Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the time calculation after year, month, day ...
The year 604, when the Japanese officially adopted the Chinese calendar, was the first year of the cycle. [ 12 ] The Korean ( 환갑; 還甲 hwangap ) and Japanese tradition ( 還暦 kanreki ) of celebrating the 60th birthday (literally 'return of calendar') reflects the influence of the sexagenary cycle as a count of years.
Pages in category "Observances set by the Chinese calendar" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .