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Chinese calendar

Also known as Nongli, lunar calendar, Huangli

lunisolar calendar

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The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, meaning it tracks both the moon's phases and the sun's position to determine dates and seasons. It has been used in China for thousands of years to mark important dates, holidays, and the traditional zodiac year assignments that remain culturally significant today.

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Commons category: Calendars of China
topic's main category: Category:Chinese calendars
different from: Vietnamese calendar
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Tung Shing, an almanac closely tied to the traditional Chinese calendar, is vital in many aspects of life, including marking suitable dates related to indigenous beliefs and guiding the selection of the most auspicious days for events like weddings.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinese calendar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.