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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | Very few people know when this holiday is celebrated without looking at a traditional Chinese calendar because it never falls on the same day. The ancient Chinese used a lunar calendar. Today we use solar calendars. On a lunar calendar the new year begins the first night of the new moon after the sun enters Aquarius. This date is anywhere between January 20 and February 19 on a solar calendar. Chinese years are grouped in sets of 12 with each year being represented by an animal zodiac sign. It is said that a person displays the characteristics of the animal of the year in which they were born.*****The animals of this "zodiac" do not correspond to any heavenly constellations but twelve animals that responded when the Buddha called to them to hear him preach the Dharma [the Law. **** The first cycle of the Chinese zodiac was introduced in 2637 B-C by the Emperor Huang Ti. It is based on based on the movement of the Sun Moon and five planets [Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn ] just as in the pre-telescope Western astrology. However it is not known when the Chinese understood the earth wobble or "Precession of the Equinoxes" | | Headline | Chinese New Year: the spring festival | | Copyright Notice | Lesson Plan 2nd & 3rd grade | | URL | http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/Chinese.html | | User | Guest |
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