Chinese calendar

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chinese_calendar

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	agricultural calendar lunar calendar (colloquially) yin calendar
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:Chinese_New_Year gptkb:Mid-Autumn_Festival gptkb:Qingming_Festival gptkb:Double_Ninth_Festival gptkb:Ghost_Festival gptkb:Dongzhi_Festival gptkb:Laba_Festival gptkb:Winter_Solstice_Festival
gptkbp:calendar	lunisolar
gptkbp:containsElement	gptkb:Earthly_Branches gptkb:Heavenly_Stems gptkb:Solar_terms
gptkbp:cycle	12-year animal cycle 60-year cycle
gptkbp:governs	agricultural activities
gptkbp:hasLeapMonth	yes
gptkbp:hasSolarTerms	gptkb:24_solar_terms
gptkbp:hasZodiacAnimals	gptkb:Dragon gptkb:dog gptkb:horse_race gptkb:lion gptkb:livestock gptkb:right gptkb:Pig Rat Ox Rooster
gptkbp:monthHeld	12 months Zhēngyuè (正月) leap month sometimes 13 months
gptkbp:notableFeature	years begin on second or third new moon after winter solstice intercalary month added to align with solar year months begin on new moon used for feng shui used for traditional medicine timing
gptkbp:originatedIn	14th century BCE
gptkbp:reformed	gptkb:Emperor_Shunzhi gptkb:Emperor_Wu_of_Han
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Chinese_government
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Gregorian_calendar gptkb:Korean_calendar gptkb:Vietnamese_calendar gptkb:Japanese_era
gptkbp:startYear	between late January and late February
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:astrology funeral rites naming ceremonies ancestral worship birthday calculation fortune-telling selecting auspicious dates traditional holidays wedding dates zodiac assignment
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:China gptkb:Hong_Kong gptkb:Korea gptkb:Macau gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Taiwan gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Japan_(historically)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chinese calendar