What is the traditional Chinese calendar?
Although modern-day China relies on the Gregorian calendar, the traditional Chinese calendar still governs the dates of important holidays such as the Chinese Lantern Festival, and is used to select auspicious dates for weddings, funerals, moving, and starting businesses.
This calendar’s origins can be traced as far back as the 14th century BCE.
It has 12 months of 29 or 30 days that each begin on the first day of a new moon. Leap months, rather than days, are added as needed.
Each month can be referred to by an animal name or a number within each 60-year cycle, which also correspond to particular hours of the day, as well as years in the zodiac cycle. This pattern dates back about 2000 years.
In order of occurrence, the animals are
Variations of the traditional Chinese calendar are used in Korea, Vietnam and the Ryukyu Islands.
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