The Chinese Agricultural Calendar uses lunar months to determine its dates, but it also has “solar terms” which are based on the solar year. These solar terms helped the ancient Chinese people ...

The 24 solar terms, consisting of 12 major solar terms and 12 minor solar terms, were created thousands of years ago by ...

It's the beginning of the new year as marked by the ancient Chinese calendar that blended Earth's revolutions around the sun ...

provides insight into the celestial knowledge of ancient China. Adorned with characters, they focus on the Tiangan Dizhi, an intricate astronomical calendar system from the Shang dynasty.

“Chu” means the end and “Shu” refers to the summer, according to the ancient Chinese calendar used to guide farming. Ancient inhabitants believed the weather changed every 15 days and the ...