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== Names of ten-days in week ==
In this article, it gives a story about why the cat isn't on the calendar, under "Twelve Animals." Namely, the rat pushed the cat into the water during a competition to be the animals on the calendar -- the cat wasn't able to make it to the shore so he was left out. However, in ] which is linked to from this article, it says the rat was given the job of making invitations, and he didn't invite the cat. Which is true? -- anonymous


The article references that during the Han dynasty there was a 10-day week with washings every fifth day. Where are the names of these 10 days? What is the order of the week. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 16:28, 10 April 2022 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
There are many different variations to the legend. Both are, in a sense, true. -- Anonymous


== Chagansa Day ==
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someone should copyedit this page. -- voidvector


:{{xt|Mongolia uses the Tibetan New Year as "Chagansa day". On Kublai Khan's imperial advisor, the fifth generation of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, Phags-pa. It means "holy one" in Tibetan. He issued the Sagar almanac. It has become a chronological system combining Mongolian and Chinese calendars. The "Chagansa Day" in Mongolia is the Tibetan New Year based on the Sakya almanac. This is combined with the Chinese Lunar New Year. It happened in the thirteenth century. Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty in China. For the sake of ruling the Han people. The Mongolian New Year "Chagansa day" and the Chinese Lunar New Year together.}}
Why are the Jie Qi specified as date range? I thought all these are used by Chinese farmers to mark certain points in the farming cycle. So the date should be used, not a range. ] 01:53, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)


I just undid this addition to the lede. Can someone who understands it condense it to a less choppy sentence or two? —] (]) 20:04, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
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:Probably this is about ]. ] (]) 21:22, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
This is unclear to me: "The Chinese lunar calendar and the Julian Calendar OFTEN sync up every 19 years. Most Chinese people notice that their Chinese and Western birthdays OFTEN fall on the same day on their 19th, 38th birthday etc"
"Often" or DO "sync up"? Do they or don't they fall into sync on that pattern, and if sometimes not, is there a pattern to the exceptions to the pattern??


== Chinese calendar is lunisolar not lunar ==
They often synchronize, but not always, because of the patterns of leap months in the Chinese Calendar and leap days in the Gregorian.


Correct all instances of "lunar" to "lunisolar" ] (]) 17:06, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
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== Moving editorial suggestion ==
"The Chinese zodiac is completely different..." Different from what? The Western zodiac? And why is the Western zodiac referenced at all here-- I get the feeling that "Western astrological sign" is getting mixed up with "constellation" in the description of Chinese month sequencing.


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(南京紫金山天文台 in PRC, 國立中央研究院天文研究所 in the ROC); {{ill|2033 problem|zh|2033年问题}} due to Shíxiàn changes; ROC revisions leading up to 1929 紫金曆 system, on which Taiwanese and Chinese standards are currently based on|date=February 2021}} ] (]) 00:34, 24 November 2023 (UTC)


:Here are some links regarding topics I think are being suggested here.
The Western Zodiac is referenced because it fits in with the principal solar terms of the Chinese calendar and so makes the Chinese calendar easier to explain to Westerners who are familiar with their zodiac, but not the principal terms.
:Resources summary page for ]: http://www.pmo.cas.cn/kycg2019/gk2019/
:Publications for ] Institute of Astronomy and Physics: https://www.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/publication/journal_c.php ]] 01:31, 24 November 2023 (UTC)


== Article structure ==
The sun enters a sign of the western zodiac at exactly the same time as a principal solar term.


Before getting too much into specifics, the better part of wisdom seems to suggest an attempt to try to improve the organization of this article, and perhaps to better define the focus of the article -- which frankly appears a bit all over the place. I think one of the challenges here is balancing the technical and mathematical details (which are indeed of encyclopedic interest) along with an discussion which is more useful to encyclopedia users who are less specialized in their interests. Also, looking through the past discussion on this page, obviously people have put a lot of passionate work into developing it, which is good; however reading it makes me feel as though I want a bit more of an explicit definition of the scope of the article. ] (]) 22:26, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
] 7 Jan 2004
:I feel like this is an issue with China-related articles at large, where a very long, literature-infused historical through-line has been isolated and has to be bent to fit within one article sometimes, in a way that wouldn't occur with, say, 'Classical calendar', or what have you. That said, I am not sure the best way of going about fixing it, but I think the best solution is probably several articles more focused in scope. ]] 01:31, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
::I have one main question regarding this article: what is this article about? The title of the article is "Chinese calendar". The article itself says that it is about the traditional Chinese calendar or else the lunisolar calendar. What is the traditional Chinese calendar? Full disclosure: I am ignorant and confused. True, a good solution would seem to involve several articles more focused in scope. Complicating this is that there are already various articles regarding traditional Chinese calendars. ], ], and ], just to pick a few more-or-less at random. Our "Chinese calendar" article seems to claim a major contradiction: is the article about a Chinese lunisolar calendar in general, or is the article about traditional Chinese calendars as mentioned --- lunisolar, solar, lunar, the sexagenary cycle, and composites with planets and ecliptic mansions? Intuitively, I feel that the article should focus on relatively brief mentions by section of the more important Chinese calendar topics. This would make sense for a "Chinese calendar" article. Major topics would lead to other articles, such as those exemplified above or popular Chinese almanacs (see '']'') and perhaps "Chinese agricultural calendar". Structural architecture is important for any encyclopedia, and Misplaced Pages in particular. In regards to the similarly broad topic of ] it seems to have worked to organize by dynasty (with some exceptions such as Jian'an and Ming-Qing Transition), partly because the poetic record does reflect actual historical context and also because Chinese source material tends to be similarly organized. Calendars of different dynastic periods (plus the modern political entities) would seem to to be to the point, especially since at least the beginning of Zhou calendar reforms seem to have been viewed as important to establishing claims to have the mandate of heaven.


::Originally, I was only thinking about adding some material partly based on , which is partly based on the work of Zhāng Péiyú of Purple Mountain Observatory, when from what I remember was before all the exciting new stuff about outer space and associated subatomic particles started becoming such a big thing. ] (]) 05:46, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
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:::], it's a case for {{tlx|unfocused}} if I've seen one. I'm starting to think about moving it to ], splitting ] into their own article, and also ] to boot. In fact, I'll be bold and suggest the split myself.<span id="Remsense:1700978176102:TalkFTTCLNChinese_calendar" class="FTTCmt"> ]] 05:56, 26 November 2023 (UTC)</span>


== 26 November 2023: Splitting proposal ==
The date ranges for the jieqi have been changed to single dates, and the ecliptic longitude of each jieqi has been added.<br> ] 02:19, 2004 Mar 29 (UTC)


I think this article has at least three focused articles in it:
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The final article might seem a bit narrow, but I think it's self sustaining. ]] 06:03, 26 November 2023 (UTC)


:@ ]]: I say go! You, ]], seem to have the energy, willingness, and necessary skill to do this. Misplaced Pages tends to stagnate unless editors actually do stuff, such as writing and performing organizational tasks such as splitting. However, in this case, what you want to do were well to be done. My thought is not at all to "split" the "Chinese calendar" article. Retain and improve the article by creating the new articles which you propose. Then we will have a "slim" version of the article, which will indeed be an improvement. My suggestion is to map each new article you create to a specific section in the "Chinese calendar" article. which will then be improved by being more general and with less specific detail. Therefor, our readers (such as myself) can get a fair overview of the subject, but without too much mathematics or discussion. These are better saved for the articles which you propose, and indeed much work by many editors has gone into explicating these mathematics and explanations, and by relocating such text the combined work of current and former editors would be well preserved. Be bold. I have been able to sometimes do major improvements to Misplaced Pages, and sometimes been stymied by nitpickers in fairly minor cases. One never knows whether one's edits might draw some kind of objection. However, in this case, I think that you are just creating some new articles, which will be a good asset to Misplaced Pages, and then we can improve "Chinese calendar" by focusing the scope of the article to what is most generally important, which will also reduce the "Chinese calendar article to a more user friendly state. The "Chinese calendar" article itself does not need to state that "Taichu Calendar ({{zh|labels=no|t=太初曆|s=太初历|l=grand beginning calendar}}) defined a solar year as {{frac|365|385|1539}} days, and the lunar month had {{frac|29|43|81}} days.
Seems to me the pinyin "Zhong Yang Jie" should be "Chong2 Yang Jie", since the meaning is "double". That's how it's listed at zhongwen.com.
Since <math>\left(365+\frac{385}{1539}\right)\times19=\left(29+\frac{43}{81}\right)\times \left(19\times 12 + 7 \right)
</math>".
:The statement does have true encyclopedic value; however, this is best located not in "Chinese calendar", but rather in subsidiary articles such as you propose (and which I hope that you follow through with). I look at it as a hierarchy, with top level articles, medium level articles, and then miscellaneous articles of detail. I believe that there is already a Misplaced Pages consensus in place for what you want to do, and so I recommend just doing it. If you are worried about naysayers, why not seek them after the fact, rather than before? We are trying to develop an encyclopedia here, not some sort of groupthink about the process. So create your articles. I can slim down "Chinese calendar" on the basis that the information is contained in subsidiary articles. Please, write your proposed articles! Cheers, ] (]) 07:36, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
::I figure it's good to get some eyes on it that may have normally passed over this article for years, esp from those who know more about both horology and ancient Chinese cultural institutions such as these, because I am certainly intimidated by the proposal. I think a "disambiguation-plus" setup like you describe would be a very good balance, with this page talking about the calendars used in China at the highest level, with the other pages having the space to go through the evolution of each calendar type. ]] 17:58, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
:::I am thinking that actually a better title for this article would be ''Chinese calendar and horology''. Maybe I'll move it and see if anyone objects. Anyway I worked on the lead according to the above discussion, which should make it easier to implement these changes. @]]: there is no need to be intimidated. It is just a matter of working on it, and making changes for the better. Some of this is going to be very incremental. And it's a lot. However at this point, obviously implementing some organization to this area of Misplaced Pages is in order, as we have been discussing. ] (]) 18:34, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
:::: I would ask that you wait at least for another week or so to see if any comments on the split proposal trickle in. And yes! I'm just mean that I have a lot of plates in the air right now, many of them large articles about China, and I do not want to leave a job half-finished because I'm working on too many things at once. ]] 18:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
:::::Good. I am in no particular hurry. Before I do anything major I want to take a better look at the current article, and maybe make some minor improvements, or try to organize it better. Maybe add some references along the way. Also I want to do a better survey of what related articles (Chinese calendar and horology) we already have on Misplaced Pages. Then I'll have a better idea where we are at. I'm not planning on starting any new articles at the present time, and if I do, nothing major. Take your time! ] (]) 18:56, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
::::::I couldn't make it all the way through the article. I'm not saying I could structure an article on this topic more better, but anyway. Some things I'm noting as missing, in no particular order and without citation at the ready:
::::::*When the 閏月 (intercalary months) were typically intercalated, because
::::::*Eastern Zhou states had their own calendars and intercalated their bonus months at different points in the year
::::::*The different calendars adopted in the Han and Xin based on grand astronomical conjunctions projected via 五行 tens of thousands of years in the past (and ended up being less accurate than the calendars they replaced)
::::::*Zhou Wen Wang's mandate chronology, and the ripple effects that had on chronology of very early periods up until the 1900s
::::::*How we still don't understand what the lunar terms 初吉,即生魄, and 即死魄 found in Zhou dynasty bronze inscriptions actually indicate
::::::*How East Asian age reckoning (歲; also the word for Jupiter) meant that everyone got one year older at New Year's
::::::*The historical identity of "astronomer / astrologer" and "historian" (史; also the word for "scribe") and what that implied
::::::Other than that, no offense intended to any involved but I can't understand what is trying to go on in this article. If more articles with tighter focus would help easily confused people like me, that sounds like a pretty good idea. ] (]) 11:02, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
:::::::I believe that the optimal plan for this article would solve outstanding problems listed above, as far as this article ''Chinese calendar'' goes. I support moving the article to ]. This would be a somewhat lean and stripped down version of the current article -- with some added brief sections, such as suggested above, and others, for example, Chinese astronomy, astrology, astronomers, astrological instruments, and dynastic variations. The idea being to provide a basic overview in a format which is generally capable of being read through and giving a reasonable outline for a general reader. The article would be somewhat shorter than the current article.
:::::::What is currently going on with the article is that it is an aggregate of various work on various topics in the general area of Chinese and related calendars, horology, and subtopics thereof, begun in 2001, subsequently much added to. I call this the Aristotelian approach: assemble the data and information and then try to figure the overall picture out afterward. Now the article should be restructured with a consideration of how the various topics and subtopics can be encyclopedicly organized. We are at the point now where we can have a good idea about what this article is about, and it is Chinese calendars and horology -- an immense topic not to be handled in detail in one article.
:::::::I have worked on the lead section and the next few article sections through the Lunisolar section, and I think the article is fairly readable thus far. I think that most of the rest of the article should be handled in more specifically focused sub articles. For example, many of the details in the history section could be moved to ], ], ], ], and so on. Certainly there are existing articles such as ] which can be linked to, leaving just a basic definition here. I think it is important to be flexible, since the best overall encyclopedic architecture still isn't completely clear, although it will rapidly get much clearer as other articles are written and developed.
:::::::I support an organizational hierarchy, with a top level article, which this article can be developed into. Below this would be articles of major topical importance, and below the level of major topical articles would be sub articles. Part of the challenge is to locate existing articles and see how they fit into this structure. For example, if you are interested in 歲, there are the ] article and ] and almost certainly more, each with relevant information, but not linked together in a coherent way.
:::::::This sort of approach makes working on individual articles much easier and makes them much more accessible for readers, since it begins with a general umbrella article without to much technicality but providing a good overview, and leads to articles which lead to other articles in a way of increasingly more academic detail. With a good start, the system becomes almost self-organizing. Existing examples of this are the Chinese and Japanese poetry sections, with a ] article (which was once similar to the Chinese calendar article now -- with various facts about Chinese poetry being added willy nilly) and similarly with ]. Another good example is ] which at one point was basically a mishmash list with unbalanced entries. The history of these articles and their current state proves the point about the usefulness of this approach for Misplaced Pages. It makes for a successful formula.
:::::::So there is my general blueprint for handling articles such as this organizing related subject matter in editorial space. It was fun to work on, and allows interested editors a structured space in which to contribute, which makes the editing experience easier and results in a better Misplaced Pages user experience.
:::::::] (]) 18:37, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
::::::::Perhaps chinese calendar history should be removed to a different article. I added the mansion, element, branches etc. tables recently as I was trying to understand the latest (2024) calendar I picked up at a local market (since it isn't in english and I can't read the characters).
::::::::I believe keeping all the various moving 'gears' of the turning 'wheels' in one place will add to the enjoyment of all of the parts of this intricate yearly cycle --- for us lay, non-character readers.
::::::::After all, the article's utility (and the calendar's beauty) is definitly the calendar's coordinating parts; thus having all such parts in one place seems a goal for an article labled 'Chinese Calendar'. However, explanation of the function of each part should probably be cursory, with linked expanded articles for each part. Likewise, history, might be better in a linked article.
::::::::Lastly, a cursory overview of how all parts function as a whole might be informative with linked articles for depth. A reader looking up 'Chinese Calender' wants an orderly mechanical overview, index, or gateway, a 'how to', without having to click around to assemble the pieces. After they have been drawn in they will want to link to other articles to expand their depth of understanding on meaning, history, philosophy, and metaphysics.
::::::::At least, that was what I was looking for when I came here and added not explanation but tables. ] (]) 22:24, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
:::::::::So, there's a lot of nuance in this discussion, so I wanted to distill the current plan and make sure I've got the best plan:
:::::::::* Chinese calendar (serving as a summary-style, disambiguation-plus article)
:::::::::** Chinese lunisolar calendars
:::::::::** Chinese solar calendars
:::::::::** Modern Chinese horology
:::::::::I'm unsure about how a history article fits into this schema—while it is obviously its own topic, I wonder if the space made within the main article would allow for the full history to be provided there instead. ]] 22:56, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
::::::::::I am replying below. ] (]) 23:27, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
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== Current category trees ==
:It appears that the neither Zhong nor Chong should appear under "English Name", but that both "Double Ninth Festival" and "Double Yang Festival" should appear (yang doesn't have a direct English translation but it is an entry in its own right in the Oxford English Dictionary and is at least familiar to English readers via the dichotomy yinyang). However, under "Chinese Name" you might be right. Zhòng was added by 204.221.24.132 on Nov. 1, 2003 and was never changed. &#37325; is romanized into pinyin as either zhong4 (zhòng) or chong2 (chóng) according to both zhongwen.com and mandarintools.com, so that both appear to be equally correct. However, as you note, zhongwen.com does use chóng in the specific entry for 'double nine' &#37325;&#x4E5D;. However, that is not the 'double yang' &#37325;&#38525; in the article. I don't have any idea whether that makes a difference. Perhaps this is a matter of euphony--what sounds pleasing to the Chinese ear, or what is most easily pronounced in concert with neighboring characters.


This depicts a tree structure version of the Chinese calendars category space:
:By the way, if you are using the Microsoft Windows Operating System, you don't have to enter ó via its HTML code &amp;#243;, rather, the character can be directly entered from keyboards not having it (like the English keyboard) by activating NumLock and pressing and holding Alt while typing 0243 on the numeric keypad, not on the number keys above the Qwerty keyboard (the leading zero is required). This technique can be used for many other characters having three digit decimal codes. See for a complete list. This excludes tone 3 characters requiring the upside down caret ^, which many users cannot display anyway because they don't have the required fonts installed).<br>] 05:44, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)
<categorytree>Chinese calendars</categorytree>


Here are the trees for the remaining current transcluded categories:
::A quick survey of "Double Ninth Festival" on Google provides no doubt that you are right--the correct pinyin is chóng, thus I will change the article. On another point, yang is almost always used for the second character, not jiu (nine), thus the second character under "Chinese Name" is correct. However, the preferred English translation is Double Ninth Festival, Double Yang Festival only being used for explanation, thus the entry under "English Name" is correct.<br>] 23:46, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)
<categorytree>Lunisolar calendars</categorytree>
<categorytree>Horology</categorytree>
<categorytree>Specific calendars</categorytree>Chinese culture
<categorytree>Chinese culture</categorytree>


These may be useful for considering in terms of organizing, such as creating new articles, and getting an overall view of this editorial space.] (]) 19:22, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
==Korea==


== Replying to splitting proposal ==
The article says regarding the Korean Calendar that "Korea was a vassal state of China" which is the Chinese version of history which for some unfortunate reason seems to have become the Western version.


Hi @Remsense, my plan right now is to keep chugging along with evaluating our (Misplaced Pages's) "Chinese calendar article. At this point I would like to take some time to evaluate the references already present, as well as to consult some others. And, to add some references, and to modify the article accordingly. This may only result in small incremental changes over a not so quick period of time. Also, there is a lot to look at in terms of what existing articles we have already. Anyway, I am not sure about how a history article fits into this schema. In fact, I am convinced that if you develop the "Chinese lunisolar calendars", "Chinese solar calendars", and "Modern Chinese horology" that our work here will be immeasurably enhanced. As far as "History of the Chinese calendar" article or whatever other articles may be developed down the road in the future, it's too hard to tell right now; however, as things go along they will get clearer (with each article that you do!).
:So suggest an alternative wording which acknowledges the fact that the Korean court accepted the new Chinese calendar every year with great pagentry, which, as far as the Emperor of China was concerned, was an acknowledgement by the King of Korea that the Emperor of China as more important than he was. Or was this a sham ceremony, having no real meaning as far as the King was concerned, conducted only to keep the Emperor happy? If the King had not accepted the Emperor's calendar, or at least seemed to accept it, it would have been a sign of rebellion by the King. &mdash; ] 08:12, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)


Hi @Folly Mox, thank you for so helpfully chiming in to the talk messages here. I am sincerely hoping that you can stay in tune and help out even more in the near future as we work on this article! I am especially struck by your detailed historical points about the different dynasties and characteristics of their calendars. You mention the planet Jupiter. Just quickly looking through what we have on Misplaced Pages about Chinese cultural views about planets, especially Jupiter in this context, it seems that this an area which could use very more work on Misplaced Pages, in general. Also, the point about astronomy, astrology, and the role of government scribes (史) is well taken: indeed, this seems to open up some big new areas for this article which must be considered.
::I've changed the wording to something I hope is more accurate. "Vassal state", if used in a technical sense rather than a derogatory sense, implies an obligation on the superior state to militarily defend the lesser state in the case of an attack. I don't believe China recognized such an obligation. ] 20:28, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Hi @172.223.218.81, descriptive mathematics and working them up into tables are very valuable and essential contributions to our articles. I generally agree with you that a "reader looking up 'Chinese Calender' wants an orderly mechanical overview, index, or gateway, a 'how to', without having to click around to assemble the pieces." This can be done, probably not quickly and easily; but, definitely done steadily ad methodically. I also agree with your follow up comment about us Misplaced Pages users: "After they have been drawn in they will want to link to other articles to expand their depth of understanding on meaning, history, philosophy, and metaphysics." Much of this can be accomplished by appropriately linking to existing areas of Misplaced Pages, which may not be so hard, contributing together. I do not know if 172.223.218.81 is a permanent IP address for you. Have you considered registering as an editor on Misplaced Pages and creating a user page, since this may be helpful in interacting with other editors?
:::I have my doubts about the phrase "while shutting off relations with all other countries." I suspect that Korea maintained diplomatic relations with some other countries or regions or people who also had close relations with China. Though Korea may not have had diplomatic relations with other countries that were not closely aligned with China, they probably had some kind of relationship with them. &mdash; ] 06:56, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)


Thanks team!
Boohoo... seriously, maybe Koreans should just accept their history instead of trying to wipe off Chinese influences. It's like how they just changed the Chinese name of Seoul to some nonsensical name to sound like Seoul. Why? Do you see the Japs changing Tokyo to a Japanese word? If they can deal with their capital city having a Chinese name, why can't the Koreans handle it? Even if you don't like it, it was a vassal state! otherwise, when the japs invaded during the 19th century, why did china have an obligation to go and help them?


] (]) 23:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
== why can't i find the date of chinese new year here ==


== creeping revisionism ==
without being a mathemetician? perhaps i will give up on this site for not being useful. i didn't know it was written by whoever comes here, no verification of facts posted. not exactly an encyclopedia simply because of that, as real encyclopedias cite the names and QUALIFICATIONS of their contributors. maybe i should post the wrong info to get this problem solved.


It has been suggested that cultural marxism seeks to redefine truth to hide the uncomfortable past. I'd be careful to keep copies, so God, Lucifer, and Karma can compare to the original original, which contrary to popular opinion was the first version, not the latest scrubbing. Happy Karma! ] (]) 11:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
:How about looking at ]? ] 22:20, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:Since no one has responded to this, might one suggest that one restate the point in alternate words, especially focusing on a specific detail or specific details that involve the topic of "Chinese calendar"? ] (]) 21:23, 29 January 2024 (UTC)


== Baby prediction ==
:There is a longer list of new year dates at ]. Regarding your comment about the QUALIFICATIONS of the contributors to wikipedia, I guess the website is not what you are looking for because it is not written by one specific person. However, writings of any contributor are often challenged and debated by other contributors. You probably can try your idea here. Post some nonsense and watch how long you will survive here. ] 01:33, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)


26 june age 26 ] (]) 07:02, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
:Since the Chinese calendar is based on Solar & Lunar Calendars, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
:Sounds good! ] (]) 00:20, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Anonymous


== Move from user space to edit space ==
== Chinese calendar reform ==


{{Missing information|Improvement across dynasties, especially on ways to mitigate accumulation in error and calculation of leap months placement, and respective situation as adapted across the East Asia outside China, as well as political implication of the various calendar systems, together with history on changes of which month being start of a year|date=February 2022}} ] (]) 22:13, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
] added a long section which proposed that the Chinese calendar be reformed, giving his ideas for this reform. I am reverting this section because it violates ] which prohibits ]. It can be included only if those ideas have been published in some peer-reviewed journal, which must be cited. &mdash; ] 05:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


==Wiki Education assignment: MIT 398 Intercultural International Communication==
** Joe: Those are '''''not''''' new ideas and '''''not''''' presented as such. You did not read it carefully. If you seach the Chinese websites, you can find quite a few of them. In other words, I did '''not''' propose any of those things. As for the discussion about the intercalary month, it is '''not''' a proposal for reform, but one way to aid the understanding of how the intercalary month works, which has been made clear in the text. The discussion whether they can do without the Chinese calendar is meant to help the reader to understand the function of the calendar, and it is '''not''' a proposal for reform. Many people from China have asked that question. As I see it, they do not violate any wikipedia rules. --Roland 07:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
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== main image ==
:: Those two long sections at the end of the page are not encyclopaedic - they are opinions rather than facts. I've edited them and tried to make them clearer and more objective. Help in further improving them is welcome. --] 01:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)


main image is of a Chinese soldier lighting a rocket. what is the relationship to the Chinese calender? ] (]) 01:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
:: I will second this. The last section is loaded and biased. There have been perpetual calls for "reforms" of the perfectly servicable calendar since the May Fourth movement. There are also many calling for a return to it. But this section's language (ie "sentimental", and the resigned tsk-tsking "for some time yet") is politically partisan. It furthermore disrespectfully glosses over the lunisolar calendar's significance as an ontological necessity in Chinese Religion and Daoism. It presents biased arguments for the eradication of the Chinese calendar in favor of the Christian one. For the above reasons, I propose the section be stricken for unencyclopedic wonkery. And, for what it's worth, the Chinese calendar is very much alive in "practical" quotidian use in Chinese communities; I will attest to that as a personal user.--] 08:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


:That's the image for the {{tlx|History of science and technology in China}} navigation box, which happens to appear before any other image in the article. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F">]<span style="color:#fff">&nbsp;‥&nbsp;</span>]</span> 01:44, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
== New year holiday ==
:ok. I navigated to the page a different way, and it was the only picture attached, hence my confusion and curiosity. ] (]) 04:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)


== Concern about five-elements calendar ==
As it presently stands, the comments column for the new year holiday (Chunjie) says " for 3 days; traditionally for 15 days."
The "traditionally for 15 days" part is obvious. But what does it mean by celebrate for 3 days? Currently the public holiday for Chinese New Year in China is 7 days.
: The description in the article is not correct. Traditionally, the new year celebration begins on month 12 day 23, which called "little new year", until month 1 day 15. &mdash; ] 03:40, 8 January 2006 (UTC)


I have pretty strong reasons to suspect that the article's description of the "five-elements calendar," cited in the Guanzi, is wrong in a pretty serious way: the article says that it's a 365-day year divided into five 73-day segments, but I think it really should be a 360-day year divided into five 72-day segments. This makes far more sense considering both the text of the Guanzi itself and the way the 干支 cycle works--it seems that the model in the article now is based on the assumption that the year must have been 365 days rather than 360. The trouble is that many sources online, none of them scholarly though they are quite numerous, describe the 365-day calendar included in this article, and probably because they're getting it from this article. So I think this article is actively spreading misinformation based on certain assumptions and faulty readings (note that no sources are cited other than the Guanzi itself, making this a case of original research even if it *is* correct), but I also don't have the authority myself to simply change it based on speculation and original research--I'm leaving this comment here in the hopes that someone who knows the (real) scholarship better can address this issue more properly. Thanks! ] (]) 09:07, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
== Actual calendar? ==

I'm thinking maybe this page could provide an actual Chinese calendar. what do youse think? --] 23:49, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

== Alternative "Flower" names for the months ==

In the article as it stands there are references to alternative names for the 12 months based on agricultural/horticultural references. Can anyone verify the source for these things?
Also, someone posted a comment about it being "pomegranate" not "guava", which makes sense because pomegranates are much more common in China than guava. --] 22:18, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

: It's definitely pomegranate, not guava. Anyway, I suggest drop the part completely as each month has 10 or so alternative names. There is no point addressing only the "flower" alternative names but not others. The alternative names are not commonly used anyway.

== first day of each month beginning at midnight... ==

this might be an error because according to traditional chinese way of measuring time, it was measured in intervals of our modern two hours. the first day of each day (and month etc.) is our modern 11pm, and not midnight which is a common misconception which not many people know. - Gerald

: I assume you refer to "The months are lunar months, such that the first day of each month beginning at midnight is the day of the astronomical new moon."
:the language used a bit ambiguous but I think a possible interpretation is that the "day of the astronomical new moon" means the "day" in our sense of the term (midnight-midnight), not the ancient chinese sense (11pm-11pm), and that the new moon falls between the midnight of that day and the midnight of the next day. I don't know if I'm making sense. --] 05:28, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

:: Thank you for the clarification. But I do really hope if you could edit the article to let people know that traditionally, Chinese festivals are celebrated in our modern 11pm and not midnight. I think as a Chinese (although I'm not from China), it is important for us to teach people the accurate way of measuring time according to Chinese customs. Even many Chinese I know today do not know of this unique way of measuring time by Chinese customs. It would be great to spread this knowledge around wikipedia. -Gerald

== Happy New Year! ==

''' HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TODAY SUN JAN 29, 2006 ''' It's 15:13 on Sun Jan 29, 2006 in Solano,Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. My site is at http://www.michaelmanalolazo.go.cc Just Surfing. Thanks.

== monotonic year confusion ==

I understand that continuously-increasing year numbers are not widely used in China, and that while a system has been proposed, there is some debate about its precise correspondence. One part of our article (under "The stem-branch cycle") states that the epoch is 2698 BCE (or maybe 2697 BCE) and that 4703 began in early 2005 (or maybe 2006). However, the page http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html has it the other way around, suggesting that the majority view is that 2006 is 4703 (with a footnote suggesting that "a few" believe it's the other way). Similary, the authoritative-looking page http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/calendar/chinese.shtml suggests an epoch and chronology which would end up assigning 4703 (or maybe 4643, 60 years off) to 2006. That page also mentions the possibility of a 1-year discrepancy, though it also suggests that it's to compensate for the presence or absence of the year 0 in the corresponding Western calendar, i.e. that it would ''not'' end up changing the correspondence to 2006 (or any positive western year) after all. Furthermore, that page describes a minority, maybe off-by-1 interpretation due to ] and mentions the same ] connection that our article does, but it seems to consider it to be the distinctly minority view. Also, by the stem/branch system, 4703 is year 23 of the current 60-year cycle which is 3/11 = Fire 1 / Dog = 丙 戌 = bingxu, and since we know that 2006 is the year of the dog, it seems this correspondence is much more solid. Finally, elsewhere in our article (under "Legendary beginnings") 2006 is equated with either 4643 or 4703.

So if I'm interpreting those references correctly (and if they're accurate) I believe that our article should mention that continuously-increasing year numbers are not widely used, but should otherwise be consistent in assigning 4703 to 2006, with a disclaimer and explanation about the possible 1- and 60-year discrepancies.

I'll make this change in a few days, but since I'm not knowledgeable about this stuff I thought I'd mention it here first in case anyone has an opposing view.

] (]) 07:09, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

: Sounds alright to me. Since very few ppl use the continuously numbered epoch anyway, I doubt there will be any objections to your proposed edits. --] 11:18, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

:: Okay, done. See new section ] and new table under ]. -- ] (]) 16:38, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

== The Republic of China Era ==

This article seems to neglet the calendrical system used by the ROC, where in official business, the year is recorded as the XXth year of the Republic Era (民國XX年).
I propose that this be added to this article.
] 16:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:I rembmer writing about it. It should be in the "regnal years" section. --] (]) 23:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
: Yep it's there:
::"This system continued until the Republic of China, which counted years as Years of the Republic, beginning in 1912. Thus, 1912 is the 1st Year of the Republic, and 1948 the 37th. This system is still used for official purposes in Taiwan. For the rest of China, in 1949 the People's Republic of China chose to use the Common Era system (equivalently, AD/BC system), in line with international standards." --] (]) 23:57, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

== Chinese zodiac ==

The meaning of word 'zodiac' ...
In lots of paragraphs, the word 'zodiac' means the 'Western astrological sign' or the principle solar term..

However, 'The Chinese zodiac' paragraph use the same word to describe the twelve animals...

This need some cleanup.. -- ] 15:03, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

:It was already pointed out above quite a while ago that '"Western astrological sign" is getting mixed up with "constellation" in the description of Chinese month sequencing'. For instance, I think the heading in the table under "Calendar rules" should be "constellation" or "zodiac constellation", not "zodiac sign"; all the links in that column point to the articles on the constellations, not to the articles on the astrological signs. ] 05:35, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
::I fixed the link to Scorpius, which pointed to Scorpius (the constellation) but said "Scorpio" (the sign), and to Capricornus, which had been a redirect. ] 05:40, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

== section "celestial movement and seasons" ==

or whatever its called.
how much does that have to do with the calendar? i propose deleting it. it also seems a bit verbose and after reading it, i didn't really get what point it was trying to make. it seems just a collection of quotes from ancient chinese literature that talks about astronomy. --] (]) 11:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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Names of ten-days in week

The article references that during the Han dynasty there was a 10-day week with washings every fifth day. Where are the names of these 10 days? What is the order of the week. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.9.163 (talk) 16:28, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Chagansa Day

Mongolia uses the Tibetan New Year as "Chagansa day". On Kublai Khan's imperial advisor, the fifth generation of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, Phags-pa. It means "holy one" in Tibetan. He issued the Sagar almanac. It has become a chronological system combining Mongolian and Chinese calendars. The "Chagansa Day" in Mongolia is the Tibetan New Year based on the Sakya almanac. This is combined with the Chinese Lunar New Year. It happened in the thirteenth century. Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty in China. For the sake of ruling the Han people. The Mongolian New Year "Chagansa day" and the Chinese Lunar New Year together.

I just undid this addition to the lede. Can someone who understands it condense it to a less choppy sentence or two? —Tamfang (talk) 20:04, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Probably this is about Tsagaan Sar. Double sharp (talk) 21:22, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Chinese calendar is lunisolar not lunar

Correct all instances of "lunar" to "lunisolar" Kylinki (talk) 17:06, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Moving editorial suggestion

This article is missing information about publications from astronomical (南京紫金山天文台 in PRC, 國立中央研究院天文研究所 in the ROC); 2033 problem  due to Shíxiàn changes; ROC revisions leading up to 1929 紫金曆 system, on which Taiwanese and Chinese standards are currently based on. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (February 2021)

Dcattell (talk) 00:34, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Here are some links regarding topics I think are being suggested here.
Resources summary page for Purple Mountain Observatory: http://www.pmo.cas.cn/kycg2019/gk2019/
Publications for Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Physics: https://www.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/publication/journal_c.php Remsense 01:31, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Article structure

Before getting too much into specifics, the better part of wisdom seems to suggest an attempt to try to improve the organization of this article, and perhaps to better define the focus of the article -- which frankly appears a bit all over the place. I think one of the challenges here is balancing the technical and mathematical details (which are indeed of encyclopedic interest) along with an discussion which is more useful to encyclopedia users who are less specialized in their interests. Also, looking through the past discussion on this page, obviously people have put a lot of passionate work into developing it, which is good; however reading it makes me feel as though I want a bit more of an explicit definition of the scope of the article. Dcattell (talk) 22:26, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

I feel like this is an issue with China-related articles at large, where a very long, literature-infused historical through-line has been isolated and has to be bent to fit within one article sometimes, in a way that wouldn't occur with, say, 'Classical calendar', or what have you. That said, I am not sure the best way of going about fixing it, but I think the best solution is probably several articles more focused in scope. Remsense 01:31, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
I have one main question regarding this article: what is this article about? The title of the article is "Chinese calendar". The article itself says that it is about the traditional Chinese calendar or else the lunisolar calendar. What is the traditional Chinese calendar? Full disclosure: I am ignorant and confused. True, a good solution would seem to involve several articles more focused in scope. Complicating this is that there are already various articles regarding traditional Chinese calendars. Chinese zodiac, Lunisolar calendar, and Chinese New Year, just to pick a few more-or-less at random. Our "Chinese calendar" article seems to claim a major contradiction: is the article about a Chinese lunisolar calendar in general, or is the article about traditional Chinese calendars as mentioned --- lunisolar, solar, lunar, the sexagenary cycle, and composites with planets and ecliptic mansions? Intuitively, I feel that the article should focus on relatively brief mentions by section of the more important Chinese calendar topics. This would make sense for a "Chinese calendar" article. Major topics would lead to other articles, such as those exemplified above or popular Chinese almanacs (see Tung Shing) and perhaps "Chinese agricultural calendar". Structural architecture is important for any encyclopedia, and Misplaced Pages in particular. In regards to the similarly broad topic of Chinese poetry it seems to have worked to organize by dynasty (with some exceptions such as Jian'an and Ming-Qing Transition), partly because the poetic record does reflect actual historical context and also because Chinese source material tends to be similarly organized. Calendars of different dynastic periods (plus the modern political entities) would seem to to be to the point, especially since at least the beginning of Zhou calendar reforms seem to have been viewed as important to establishing claims to have the mandate of heaven.
Originally, I was only thinking about adding some material partly based on "Computation of the Ancient Six Calendars", which is partly based on the work of Zhāng Péiyú of Purple Mountain Observatory, when from what I remember was before all the exciting new stuff about outer space and associated subatomic particles started becoming such a big thing. Dcattell (talk) 05:46, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
Dcattell, it's a case for {{unfocused}} if I've seen one. I'm starting to think about moving it to Chinese lunisolar calendars, splitting Chinese solar calendars into their own article, and also Modern Chinese horology to boot. In fact, I'll be bold and suggest the split myself. Remsense 05:56, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

26 November 2023: Splitting proposal

I think this article has at least three focused articles in it:

The final article might seem a bit narrow, but I think it's self sustaining. Remsense 06:03, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Remsense: I say go! You, Remsense, seem to have the energy, willingness, and necessary skill to do this. Misplaced Pages tends to stagnate unless editors actually do stuff, such as writing and performing organizational tasks such as splitting. However, in this case, what you want to do were well to be done. My thought is not at all to "split" the "Chinese calendar" article. Retain and improve the article by creating the new articles which you propose. Then we will have a "slim" version of the article, which will indeed be an improvement. My suggestion is to map each new article you create to a specific section in the "Chinese calendar" article. which will then be improved by being more general and with less specific detail. Therefor, our readers (such as myself) can get a fair overview of the subject, but without too much mathematics or discussion. These are better saved for the articles which you propose, and indeed much work by many editors has gone into explicating these mathematics and explanations, and by relocating such text the combined work of current and former editors would be well preserved. Be bold. I have been able to sometimes do major improvements to Misplaced Pages, and sometimes been stymied by nitpickers in fairly minor cases. One never knows whether one's edits might draw some kind of objection. However, in this case, I think that you are just creating some new articles, which will be a good asset to Misplaced Pages, and then we can improve "Chinese calendar" by focusing the scope of the article to what is most generally important, which will also reduce the "Chinese calendar article to a more user friendly state. The "Chinese calendar" article itself does not need to state that "Taichu Calendar (太初曆; 太初历; 'grand beginning calendar') defined a solar year as 365+385⁄1539 days, and the lunar month had 29+43⁄81 days.

Since ( 365 + 385 1539 ) × 19 = ( 29 + 43 81 ) × ( 19 × 12 + 7 ) {\displaystyle \left(365+{\frac {385}{1539}}\right)\times 19=\left(29+{\frac {43}{81}}\right)\times \left(19\times 12+7\right)} ".

The statement does have true encyclopedic value; however, this is best located not in "Chinese calendar", but rather in subsidiary articles such as you propose (and which I hope that you follow through with). I look at it as a hierarchy, with top level articles, medium level articles, and then miscellaneous articles of detail. I believe that there is already a Misplaced Pages consensus in place for what you want to do, and so I recommend just doing it. If you are worried about naysayers, why not seek them after the fact, rather than before? We are trying to develop an encyclopedia here, not some sort of groupthink about the process. So create your articles. I can slim down "Chinese calendar" on the basis that the information is contained in subsidiary articles. Please, write your proposed articles! Cheers, Dcattell (talk) 07:36, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
I figure it's good to get some eyes on it that may have normally passed over this article for years, esp from those who know more about both horology and ancient Chinese cultural institutions such as these, because I am certainly intimidated by the proposal. I think a "disambiguation-plus" setup like you describe would be a very good balance, with this page talking about the calendars used in China at the highest level, with the other pages having the space to go through the evolution of each calendar type. Remsense 17:58, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
I am thinking that actually a better title for this article would be Chinese calendar and horology. Maybe I'll move it and see if anyone objects. Anyway I worked on the lead according to the above discussion, which should make it easier to implement these changes. @Remsense: there is no need to be intimidated. It is just a matter of working on it, and making changes for the better. Some of this is going to be very incremental. And it's a lot. However at this point, obviously implementing some organization to this area of Misplaced Pages is in order, as we have been discussing. Dcattell (talk) 18:34, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
I would ask that you wait at least for another week or so to see if any comments on the split proposal trickle in. And yes! I'm just mean that I have a lot of plates in the air right now, many of them large articles about China, and I do not want to leave a job half-finished because I'm working on too many things at once. Remsense 18:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Good. I am in no particular hurry. Before I do anything major I want to take a better look at the current article, and maybe make some minor improvements, or try to organize it better. Maybe add some references along the way. Also I want to do a better survey of what related articles (Chinese calendar and horology) we already have on Misplaced Pages. Then I'll have a better idea where we are at. I'm not planning on starting any new articles at the present time, and if I do, nothing major. Take your time! Dcattell (talk) 18:56, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
I couldn't make it all the way through the article. I'm not saying I could structure an article on this topic more better, but anyway. Some things I'm noting as missing, in no particular order and without citation at the ready:
  • When the 閏月 (intercalary months) were typically intercalated, because
  • Eastern Zhou states had their own calendars and intercalated their bonus months at different points in the year
  • The different calendars adopted in the Han and Xin based on grand astronomical conjunctions projected via 五行 tens of thousands of years in the past (and ended up being less accurate than the calendars they replaced)
  • Zhou Wen Wang's mandate chronology, and the ripple effects that had on chronology of very early periods up until the 1900s
  • How we still don't understand what the lunar terms 初吉,即生魄, and 即死魄 found in Zhou dynasty bronze inscriptions actually indicate
  • How East Asian age reckoning (歲; also the word for Jupiter) meant that everyone got one year older at New Year's
  • The historical identity of "astronomer / astrologer" and "historian" (史; also the word for "scribe") and what that implied
Other than that, no offense intended to any involved but I can't understand what is trying to go on in this article. If more articles with tighter focus would help easily confused people like me, that sounds like a pretty good idea. Folly Mox (talk) 11:02, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
I believe that the optimal plan for this article would solve outstanding problems listed above, as far as this article Chinese calendar goes. I support moving the article to Chinese calendar and horology. This would be a somewhat lean and stripped down version of the current article -- with some added brief sections, such as suggested above, and others, for example, Chinese astronomy, astrology, astronomers, astrological instruments, and dynastic variations. The idea being to provide a basic overview in a format which is generally capable of being read through and giving a reasonable outline for a general reader. The article would be somewhat shorter than the current article.
What is currently going on with the article is that it is an aggregate of various work on various topics in the general area of Chinese and related calendars, horology, and subtopics thereof, begun in 2001, subsequently much added to. I call this the Aristotelian approach: assemble the data and information and then try to figure the overall picture out afterward. Now the article should be restructured with a consideration of how the various topics and subtopics can be encyclopedicly organized. We are at the point now where we can have a good idea about what this article is about, and it is Chinese calendars and horology -- an immense topic not to be handled in detail in one article.
I have worked on the lead section and the next few article sections through the Lunisolar section, and I think the article is fairly readable thus far. I think that most of the rest of the article should be handled in more specifically focused sub articles. For example, many of the details in the history section could be moved to History of Chinese calendars and horology, Chinese lunisolar calendars, Chinese solar calendars, Modern Chinese horology, and so on. Certainly there are existing articles such as Solar term which can be linked to, leaving just a basic definition here. I think it is important to be flexible, since the best overall encyclopedic architecture still isn't completely clear, although it will rapidly get much clearer as other articles are written and developed.
I support an organizational hierarchy, with a top level article, which this article can be developed into. Below this would be articles of major topical importance, and below the level of major topical articles would be sub articles. Part of the challenge is to locate existing articles and see how they fit into this structure. For example, if you are interested in 歲, there are the Tai Sui article and East Asian age reckoning and almost certainly more, each with relevant information, but not linked together in a coherent way.
This sort of approach makes working on individual articles much easier and makes them much more accessible for readers, since it begins with a general umbrella article without to much technicality but providing a good overview, and leads to articles which lead to other articles in a way of increasingly more academic detail. With a good start, the system becomes almost self-organizing. Existing examples of this are the Chinese and Japanese poetry sections, with a Chinese poetry article (which was once similar to the Chinese calendar article now -- with various facts about Chinese poetry being added willy nilly) and similarly with Japanese poetry. Another good example is Chinese mythology which at one point was basically a mishmash list with unbalanced entries. The history of these articles and their current state proves the point about the usefulness of this approach for Misplaced Pages. It makes for a successful formula.
So there is my general blueprint for handling articles such as this organizing related subject matter in editorial space. It was fun to work on, and allows interested editors a structured space in which to contribute, which makes the editing experience easier and results in a better Misplaced Pages user experience.
Dcattell (talk) 18:37, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Perhaps chinese calendar history should be removed to a different article. I added the mansion, element, branches etc. tables recently as I was trying to understand the latest (2024) calendar I picked up at a local market (since it isn't in english and I can't read the characters).
I believe keeping all the various moving 'gears' of the turning 'wheels' in one place will add to the enjoyment of all of the parts of this intricate yearly cycle --- for us lay, non-character readers.
After all, the article's utility (and the calendar's beauty) is definitly the calendar's coordinating parts; thus having all such parts in one place seems a goal for an article labled 'Chinese Calendar'. However, explanation of the function of each part should probably be cursory, with linked expanded articles for each part. Likewise, history, might be better in a linked article.
Lastly, a cursory overview of how all parts function as a whole might be informative with linked articles for depth. A reader looking up 'Chinese Calender' wants an orderly mechanical overview, index, or gateway, a 'how to', without having to click around to assemble the pieces. After they have been drawn in they will want to link to other articles to expand their depth of understanding on meaning, history, philosophy, and metaphysics.
At least, that was what I was looking for when I came here and added not explanation but tables. 172.223.218.81 (talk) 22:24, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
So, there's a lot of nuance in this discussion, so I wanted to distill the current plan and make sure I've got the best plan:
  • Chinese calendar (serving as a summary-style, disambiguation-plus article)
    • Chinese lunisolar calendars
    • Chinese solar calendars
    • Modern Chinese horology
I'm unsure about how a history article fits into this schema—while it is obviously its own topic, I wonder if the space made within the main article would allow for the full history to be provided there instead. Remsense 22:56, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
I am replying below. Dcattell (talk) 23:27, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
25994130Cookie25994130@Dcattell 154.222.6.155 (talk) 07:42, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Current category trees

This depicts a tree structure version of the Chinese calendars category space:

Chinese calendars Chinese imperial eras Observances set by the Chinese calendar Sexagenary cycle Solar terms

Here are the trees for the remaining current transcluded categories:

Lunisolar calendars Hebrew calendar Hindu calendar Months of the Burmese calendar Horology Clockmakers Clocks Horological museums Horological organizations Time signals Timekeeping components Watchmakers Watchmaking Specific calendars Bengali calendar Byzantine calendar Chinese calendars French Republican calendar Early Germanic calendar Gregorian calendar Hebrew calendar Hindu calendar Igbo calendar Iranian calendar Islamic calendar Julian calendar Liturgical calendars Mandaean calendar Mesoamerican calendars Nanakshahi calendar Nepali calendar Observances on non-Gregorian calendars Obsolete calendars Pashto names for the months of the Solar Hijri calendar Published calendars Slavic holidays Solar Hijri calendar Zoroastrian calendar

Chinese culture

Chinese culture Culture by city in China Ashkenazi Jewish culture in China Ba–Shu culture Chinese-language culture Sephardi Jewish culture in China Culture by Imperial Chinese dynasty Culture of Hong Kong Culture of Macau Culture of the People's Republic of China Chinese culture-related lists Archives in China Arts in China Chinese astrology Astronomy in China Chinese awards Bathing in China Chinese brands Chinese cemeteries Chinese clothing Chinese-language idioms Chinese clans Chinese cuisine Deaf culture in China Culture of Chinese diaspora Dragon boat racing Entertainment in China Events in China Chinese fashion Cultural festivals in China Chinese folk culture Food and drink in China Gambling in China Chinese games Gardening in China Chinese Gējìs Hakka culture Chinese heraldry Cultural heritage of China Historic preservation in China Cultural history of China Hokkien culture Chinese honorifics Imperial examination Incense in China Chinese inventions Korean diaspora culture in China Languages of China LGBTQ culture in China Marriage in Chinese culture Chinese martial arts Chinese mythology Chinese names National symbols of China Night markets Observances in China Cultural organizations based in China Chinese philosophy Chinese popular culture Chinese records Religion in China Scholastic Confucianism Sinology Sport in China Sports culture in China Culture of Taiwan Chinese tools Chinese traditions Works about China Writers about China Chinese youth culture

These may be useful for considering in terms of organizing, such as creating new articles, and getting an overall view of this editorial space.Dcattell (talk) 19:22, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Replying to splitting proposal

Hi @Remsense, my plan right now is to keep chugging along with evaluating our (Misplaced Pages's) "Chinese calendar article. At this point I would like to take some time to evaluate the references already present, as well as to consult some others. And, to add some references, and to modify the article accordingly. This may only result in small incremental changes over a not so quick period of time. Also, there is a lot to look at in terms of what existing articles we have already. Anyway, I am not sure about how a history article fits into this schema. In fact, I am convinced that if you develop the "Chinese lunisolar calendars", "Chinese solar calendars", and "Modern Chinese horology" that our work here will be immeasurably enhanced. As far as "History of the Chinese calendar" article or whatever other articles may be developed down the road in the future, it's too hard to tell right now; however, as things go along they will get clearer (with each article that you do!).

Hi @Folly Mox, thank you for so helpfully chiming in to the talk messages here. I am sincerely hoping that you can stay in tune and help out even more in the near future as we work on this article! I am especially struck by your detailed historical points about the different dynasties and characteristics of their calendars. You mention the planet Jupiter. Just quickly looking through what we have on Misplaced Pages about Chinese cultural views about planets, especially Jupiter in this context, it seems that this an area which could use very more work on Misplaced Pages, in general. Also, the point about astronomy, astrology, and the role of government scribes (史) is well taken: indeed, this seems to open up some big new areas for this article which must be considered.

Hi @172.223.218.81, descriptive mathematics and working them up into tables are very valuable and essential contributions to our articles. I generally agree with you that a "reader looking up 'Chinese Calender' wants an orderly mechanical overview, index, or gateway, a 'how to', without having to click around to assemble the pieces." This can be done, probably not quickly and easily; but, definitely done steadily ad methodically. I also agree with your follow up comment about us Misplaced Pages users: "After they have been drawn in they will want to link to other articles to expand their depth of understanding on meaning, history, philosophy, and metaphysics." Much of this can be accomplished by appropriately linking to existing areas of Misplaced Pages, which may not be so hard, contributing together. I do not know if 172.223.218.81 is a permanent IP address for you. Have you considered registering as an editor on Misplaced Pages and creating a user page, since this may be helpful in interacting with other editors?

Thanks team!

Dcattell (talk) 23:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

creeping revisionism

It has been suggested that cultural marxism seeks to redefine truth to hide the uncomfortable past. I'd be careful to keep copies, so God, Lucifer, and Karma can compare to the original original, which contrary to popular opinion was the first version, not the latest scrubbing. Happy Karma! 180.254.66.149 (talk) 11:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Since no one has responded to this, might one suggest that one restate the point in alternate words, especially focusing on a specific detail or specific details that involve the topic of "Chinese calendar"? Dcattell (talk) 21:23, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Baby prediction

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Sounds good! Dcattell (talk) 00:20, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Move from user space to edit space

This article is missing information about Improvement across dynasties, especially on ways to mitigate accumulation in error and calculation of leap months placement, and respective situation as adapted across the East Asia outside China, as well as political implication of the various calendar systems, together with history on changes of which month being start of a year. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (February 2022)

Dcattell (talk) 22:13, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: MIT 398 Intercultural International Communication

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main image

main image is of a Chinese soldier lighting a rocket. what is the relationship to the Chinese calender? Jmurphy042000 (talk) 01:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

That's the image for the {{History of science and technology in China}} navigation box, which happens to appear before any other image in the article. Remsense ‥  01:44, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
ok. I navigated to the page a different way, and it was the only picture attached, hence my confusion and curiosity. Jmurphy042000 (talk) 04:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Concern about five-elements calendar

I have pretty strong reasons to suspect that the article's description of the "five-elements calendar," cited in the Guanzi, is wrong in a pretty serious way: the article says that it's a 365-day year divided into five 73-day segments, but I think it really should be a 360-day year divided into five 72-day segments. This makes far more sense considering both the text of the Guanzi itself and the way the 干支 cycle works--it seems that the model in the article now is based on the assumption that the year must have been 365 days rather than 360. The trouble is that many sources online, none of them scholarly though they are quite numerous, describe the 365-day calendar included in this article, and probably because they're getting it from this article. So I think this article is actively spreading misinformation based on certain assumptions and faulty readings (note that no sources are cited other than the Guanzi itself, making this a case of original research even if it *is* correct), but I also don't have the authority myself to simply change it based on speculation and original research--I'm leaving this comment here in the hopes that someone who knows the (real) scholarship better can address this issue more properly. Thanks! 2601:19B:4101:8C10:4C8E:7EA:152D:5B89 (talk) 09:07, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

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