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Chinese Calendars: Information You Should Know!

By: fongsuimy

Many people do not understand exactly what Chinese calendars really are, but to be honest, it is very close to the Western calendar, it has just been in place for longer. 2600 B.C is when the first Chinese calendar was introduced and it is the biggest chronological calendar on the books to date. Emperor Huang Ti was the person that discovered the cycle of the zodiac which the Lunar Chinese calendar centers itself around, basically, the moon cycle is what this particular calendar goes by.

In the Western calendar, as many of us know has different names for each month. The Chinese calendar is exactly the same, they just name their months after animals. Each animal represents one of the animals that visited Buddha before he left earth or at least that is how the story is told.

This is why the Chinese zodiac and the calendar are interconnected. A lot of people believe that the year and animal in which you were born determines your personality. It can influence many aspects of your life.

A huge portion of the overall population of the world are Chinese. That leaves many people following the Chinese calendar and celebrating the Chinese New Year. However, Chinese people do not follow the calendar entirely. They use the Gregorian calendar as well. The Lunar calendar is used only for planning the festivals celebrated by the Chinese, such as the new year.

Modern science has definitely affected the Chinese calendar in many different ways. This particular calendar is based around the cycles of the moon and the longitude of the sun, so you can see how transforming this piece of history into something science-related could do nothing but help it.

With the Gregorian calendar, the first of the month begins on the first day of the month - naturally. Under the system used by the Chinese calendar, however, the first day of the month coincides with the day of the new moon. Similarly, the longitude of the sun is used to determine important days of the year.

Most people recognize this calendar because of the zodiac animals used. Those children who are born in 2009 will belong to the Ox. Those who were born in 1988 - twelve years ago - were also born under the sign of the Ox.

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