中国新年来历ChineseNewYear.docx

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1、WhenistheChineseNewYearItmaysoundwierd,butitistrue.ExceptforaveryfewnumberofpeoplewhocankeeptrackofwhentheChineseNewYearshouldbe,themajorityoftheChinesetodayhavetorelyonatypicalChinesecalendartotellit.Therefore,youcannottalkoftheChineseNewYearwithoutmentioningthe

2、Chinesecalendaratfirst.AChinesecalendar(Click here toseeanexample)consistsofboththeGregorianandalunar-solarcalendricalsystems,withthelatterdividingayearintotwelvemontheachofwhichisinturnequallydividedintothirty-nineandahalfdays.Thewell-coordinateddualsystemcalend

3、arreflectstheChineseingenuity.Besidesthetwocalendricalsystems,aChinesecalendarwillnotbecompletewithoutatwenty-foursolartermscloselyrelatedtothechangesofNature--averyusefultoolforfarmers,providinginformationonthepropertimeforplantingandharvesting.TheTwenty-FourTer

4、msThefirstfifteendaysoftheChineselunarmonthmakesthefirstterm,namely:BeginningofSpringusuallystartingfromthefourthorfifthofFebrary.AndthefirstdayistheChineseNewYear'sDayortheonsetoftheSpringFestival.Incidentally,the NewYear'sDayof1995isJanuary31st.Thesecondfifteen

5、daysarenamed:RainWaterfromthenineteethortwentiethofFebrary,atimewhenrainyseasonsaresettingin.Inordercomethefollowingterms:WakingofInsectsfromthefifthorsixthofMarch,astheearthawakesfromhibernation;SpringEquinoxfromthetwentiethortwenty-firstofMarch;PureBrightnessfr

6、omthefourthorfifthofApril;GrainRainfromthetwentiethortwenty-firstofApril;BeginningofSummerfromthefifthorsixthofMay;GrainFullfromthetwentiethortwenty-firstofMay;GraininEarfromthefifthorsixthofJune;SummerSolsticefromthetwenty-firstorsecondofJune;SlightHeatfromthesi

7、xthorseventhofJuly;GreatHeatfromthetwenty-secondorthirdofJuly;BeginningofAutumnfromtheseventhoreighthofAugust;LimitofHeatfromthetwenty-thirdorfourthofAugust;WhiteDewfromtheseventhoreighthofSeptember;AutumnalEquinoxfromthetwenty-thirdorfourthofSeptember;ColdDewfro

8、mtheeighthorninethofOctober;Frost'sDescentfromthetwentieth-threeorfourthofOctober;BeginningofWinterfromtheseventhoreighthofNovember;SlightSnowfromthetwenty-sec