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  2. Lunar New Year - Wikipedia

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    Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars.Typically, both types of calendar begin with a new moon but, whilst a lunar calendar year has a fixed number (usually twelve) of lunar months, lunisolar calendars have a variable number of lunar months, resetting the count periodically to resynchronise with the solar year.

  3. Dadaocheng - Wikipedia

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    The most famous street in Dadaocheng was named Dihua Street after World War II and is the oldest street in Taipei. There are many stores selling dried goods and snacks, especially before the Lunar New Year. Taipei Xia-Hai City God Temple (大稻埕霞海城隍廟) is also on Dihua Street.

  4. Public holidays in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Tahun Baru Islam 1st day of the Muharram, the beginning of the New Islamic Year; National public holiday between 1953 and 1962 and reinforced since 1968. 12th Rabi' al-awwal: Mawlid / The Prophet's Birthday: Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Date varies according to the Islamic calendar)

  5. Islamic New Year - Wikipedia

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    Islamic New Year; Official name: Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah: Also called: Hijri New Year: Observed by: Muslims: Type: Islamic: Begins: Last day of Dhu al-Hijjah

  6. 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

  7. Xinjiang clique - Wikipedia

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    Yang was one of the few who supported Yuan's attempt to become emperor. During the National Protection War , he purged officers who sympathized with the Yunnan clique 's leader Cai E . After Yuan's death, he recognized whichever government ruled in Beijing and maintained an isolationist and neutrality policy which kept Xinjiang away from the ...

  8. People's Park (Ürümqi) - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, the Xinjiang Uyghur Museum was established in People's Park. The museum was later moved to Xibei Road. [4]In 1956, the Monument for the People's Martyrs of Xinjiang was erected in the park, which also features children's playgrounds, public sports facilities, gardens, and flower beds.

  9. The Flower Princess - Wikipedia

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    Di Nü Hua is a fictional Chinese story about Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty and her husband/lover, Zhou Shixian. The first known story was a Kunqu script written in the Qing Dynasty, while the second version was a Cantonese opera from the early 1900s later found in Japan and Shanghai.