Festivity held at Beijing Ancient Observatory to mark Beginning of Spring
A Chinese calligraphy enthusiast writes blessing words for visitors during a cultural festival marking Lichun, or the ...
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Astronomical calendar discovered in ancient Chinese tomb
The discovery of these wooden artifacts provides valuable insights into the ancient Chinese calendar system and offers potential clues about how people in that era marked and tracked time.
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Chinese Agricultural Calendar: ancient people combined lunar and solar years to know when to plant, harvest crops
The Chinese Agricultural Calendar uses lunar months to determine its dates, but it also has “solar terms” which are based on the solar year. These solar terms helped the ancient Chinese people ...
Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2025 as we enter the Year of the Snake
Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar ...
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What are the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake. Here is what you need to know
It's the beginning of the new year as marked by the ancient Chinese calendar that blended Earth's revolutions around the sun with the cycles of the moon. This "lunisolar" calendar in line with the ...
Chinese New Year 2025: Snakes, traditions and why clocks are unlucky
According to Chinese superstition, doing any of these on Feb 29 – the day Chinese New Year falls in 2025 – will lead to bad ...