traditional Chinese calendar
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The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lunisolar calendar
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traditional calendar system → |
| alignsWith |
apparent motion of the Sun
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phases of the Moon → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chinese lunisolar calendar
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agricultural calendar → yin calendar → |
| averageYearLength |
about 354 days without leap month
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about 383 to 385 days with leap month → |
| basedOn |
lunar months
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solar terms → |
| coexistsWith |
Gregorian calendar in modern China
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| combinedCycleLength |
60 years
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| culturalSignificance |
basis for many East Asian traditional practices
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core element of Chinese cultural identity → |
| definesFestival |
Double Ninth Festival
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Dragon Boat Festival → Laba Festival → Lantern Festival → Mid-Autumn Festival → Qingming Festival → Qixi Festival → Spring Festival → Winter Solstice Festival → |
| definesNewYear |
Chinese New Year
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| earthlyBranchesCycleLength |
12 years
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| eraStart |
Yellow Emperor era (traditional)
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| governingPrinciple |
harmony between Heaven, Earth, and humanity
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| hasComponent |
10 heavenly stems
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12 earthly branches → 12 zodiac animals → 24 solar terms → leap month system → months → sexagenary cycle → years → |
| heavenlyStemsCycleLength |
10 years
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| influenced |
Japanese traditional calendar
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Korean traditional calendar → Vietnamese traditional calendar → traditional Mongolian calendar → |
| leapMonthDeterminedBy |
absence of mid-climate solar term in a lunar month
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| leapMonthRule |
inserts leap month in years with 13 lunar months
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| modernComputationBasedOn |
astronomical calculations
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| newYearOccursIn |
February
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late January → |
| primaryUse |
astrology
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determining traditional Chinese festivals → fortune-telling → guiding agricultural activities → selecting auspicious dates → traditional medicine timing → |
| regulatedBy |
imperial Chinese governments
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| solarTermCount |
24
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| solarTermInterval |
15 degrees of solar longitude
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| typicalMonthLength |
29 days
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30 days → |
| usedIn |
China
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Hong Kong → Macau → Taiwan → overseas Chinese communities → |
| usesEpoch |
sexagenary cycle year count
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| zodiacCycleLength |
12 years
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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traditional Chinese calendar
("Chinese lunisolar calendar")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Metonic cycle
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usedIn |