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  2. Sex selection - Wikipedia

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    Since the ancient China, Chinese people use Chinese Gender Chart to predict and select baby's gender. Chinese Gender Calendar was buried in an imperial mausoleum with a history of over 300 years. It was calculated and deduced by the ancient Chinese based on Yin-Yang, Five Elements, Eight Diagrams and time. [59] This calendar is a simple chart ...

  3. Chinese fortune telling - Wikipedia

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    Chinese fortune telling. "Li the half wizard" is telling fortune for a young man. The fortune teller is counting a woman, in the late 19th century. Chinese fortune telling, better known as Suan ming (Chinese: 算命; pinyin: Suànmìng; lit. 'fate calculating') has utilized many varying divination techniques throughout the dynastic periods.

  4. Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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    The traditional Chinese calendar (traditional Chinese: 農曆; simplified Chinese: 农历; lit. 'agricultural calendar'; traditional Chinese: 陰曆; simplified Chinese: 阴历; lit. ' lunar calendar '), is a lunisolar calendar dating from the Han dynasty that combines solar, lunar, and other cycles for various social and agricultural purposes.

  5. Ziwei doushu - Wikipedia

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    Ziwei doushu. Ziwei doushu, sometimes translated into English as purple star astrology, is a form of fortune-telling in Chinese culture. The study of destiny (Chinese: 命學; pinyin: mìngxué) is one of the five arts of Chinese metaphysics. Along with the Four Pillars of Destiny, ziwei doushu is one of the most renowned [1] fortune-telling ...

  6. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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    BRI had similar accuracy in predicting percentage body fat and percentage fat volume as existing indices, such as the BMI. [1] As the conventional index associated with obesity research, the BMI has numerous drawbacks, as it is unable to distinguish between muscle and fat, is inaccurate in predicting body fat percentage, and has poor ability to ...

  7. Chinese calendar correspondence table - Wikipedia

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    This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western (Gregorian) 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. Year in cycle. s,b. Gānzhī (干支) Year of the ...

  8. Chinese astrology - Wikipedia

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    Astrology. Chinese astrology is based on traditional Chinese astronomy and the Chinese calendar. Chinese astrology flourished during the Han dynasty (2nd century BC to 2nd century AD). [1] 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 ...

  9. Four Pillars of Destiny - Wikipedia

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    The Four Pillars of Destiny, as known as " Ba-Zi ", which means "eight characters" or "eight words" in Chinese, is a Chinese astrological concept that a person's destiny or fate can be divined by the two sexagenary cycle characters assigned to their birth year, month, day, and hour. This type of cosmological astrology is also widely used in ...