![]() ![]() So, it’s also called the Chinese Farmer's Almanac calendar, Tung Shing or Tung Shu. The lunar calendar has links with the four seasons, some traditional Chinese festivals, solar terms (a calendar of twenty-four periods and climate to govern agricultural arrangements in China), ' Five Elements' (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) as well as the Chinese Zodiac. It is widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. The civil calendar of China refers to the lunisolar calendar. For example, some Chinese public holidays including Chinese Labor Day, National Day, Women's Day, Children's Day, Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army…are related to the Gregorian calendar. In China, the official calendar (also the solar calendar) is the Gregorian calendar used for public and business affairs. Dating back to the Chinese Xia Dynasty (21st Century BC - 17th Century BC) and Shang Dynasty (17th Century BC - 1046 BC), Chinese calendar refers to any of the official and civil calendars greatly used in China.
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