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Why is the Chinese year different from ours?

Why is the Chinese year different from ours?

20 Jan 2023

Surely you have ever wondered why China follows a different calendar than most of the world, the Gregorian. Our calendar has 12 months, between 29 and 31 days, along with a final figure of 365 days, except for leap years, which have 366. However, the calendar in China is very different. Each year begins on a different day, since they follow the lunar cycle. In this case, the new year must coincide with the rise of the second new moon after the...

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