Chinese Calendar

calendar

The question “1940 Chinese year” usually refers to how the calendar year 1940 maps into the Chinese lunisolar system and the Chinese zodiac, rather than a distinct Chinese c...

culture-and-traditions

Chinese New Year follows the lunar calendar, so it shifts in relation to the solar calendar used for most civil purposes. The festival begins on the second new moon after the wi...

cultural-calendar

Lunar New Year does not occur in the same Gregorian year every time, because the festival follows a lunisolar calendar rather than the solar calendar used for civil years. Each...

Culture and Traditions

Lunar New Year 1975 denotes the start of the year in lunisolar calendars observed across East and Southeast Asia. It does not align with January 1, nor with a fixed Gregorian da...