traditional Chinese calendar

E81628

lunisolar calendar traditional calendar system

The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Chinese calendar	26
Shoushi calendar	2
traditional Chinese calendar canonical	2
Chinese lunar calendar	1
Chinese lunisolar calendar	1
East Asian lunisolar calendar	1
traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: traditional Chinese calendar
Context triple: [Metonic cycle, usedIn, traditional Chinese calendar]

A. Sinosphere
Sinosphere is the cultural sphere in East and Southeast Asia historically shaped by Chinese language, Confucian philosophy, and related political and social institutions.
B. Imperial China
Imperial China refers to the long historical period of Chinese civilization ruled by successive dynasties, characterized by centralized imperial authority, Confucian bureaucracy, and rich cultural, technological, and artistic achievements.
C. Han Chinese
The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in both China and the world, with a shared cultural heritage, language family, and historical identity rooted in ancient Chinese civilization.
D. Xiang Chinese
Xiang Chinese is a major Sinitic language variety spoken primarily in Hunan province and surrounding regions in south-central China.
E. Chinese language
The Chinese language is a family of related Sinitic languages and dialects, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and others, spoken by over a billion people primarily in China and across Chinese-speaking communities worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: traditional Chinese calendar
Target entity description: The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.

A. Sinosphere
Sinosphere is the cultural sphere in East and Southeast Asia historically shaped by Chinese language, Confucian philosophy, and related political and social institutions.
B. Imperial China
Imperial China refers to the long historical period of Chinese civilization ruled by successive dynasties, characterized by centralized imperial authority, Confucian bureaucracy, and rich cultural, technological, and artistic achievements.
C. Han Chinese
The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in both China and the world, with a shared cultural heritage, language family, and historical identity rooted in ancient Chinese civilization.
D. Xiang Chinese
Xiang Chinese is a major Sinitic language variety spoken primarily in Hunan province and surrounding regions in south-central China.
E. Chinese language
The Chinese language is a family of related Sinitic languages and dialects, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and others, spoken by over a billion people primarily in China and across Chinese-speaking communities worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lunisolar calendar ⓘ traditional calendar system ⓘ
alignsWith	apparent motion of the Sun ⓘ phases of the Moon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ linked to: traditional Chinese calendar agricultural calendar ⓘ yin calendar ⓘ
averageYearLength	about 354 days without leap month ⓘ about 383 to 385 days with leap month ⓘ
basedOn	lunar months ⓘ solar terms ⓘ
coexistsWith	Gregorian calendar in modern China ⓘ
combinedCycleLength	60 years ⓘ
culturalSignificance	basis for many East Asian traditional practices ⓘ core element of Chinese cultural identity ⓘ
definesFestival	Double Ninth Festival ⓘ Dragon Boat Festival ⓘ Laba Festival ⓘ Lantern Festival ⓘ Mid-Autumn Festival ⓘ linked to: Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations Qingming Festival ⓘ Qixi Festival ⓘ Spring Festival ⓘ Winter Solstice Festival ⓘ linked to: Yalda Night
definesNewYear	Chinese New Year ⓘ linked to: Spring Festival
earthlyBranchesCycleLength	12 years ⓘ
eraStart	Yellow Emperor era (traditional) ⓘ
governingPrinciple	harmony between Heaven, Earth, and humanity ⓘ
hasComponent	10 heavenly stems ⓘ 12 earthly branches ⓘ 12 zodiac animals ⓘ 24 solar terms ⓘ leap month system ⓘ months ⓘ sexagenary cycle ⓘ years ⓘ
heavenlyStemsCycleLength	10 years ⓘ
influenced	Japanese traditional calendar ⓘ Korean traditional calendar ⓘ Vietnamese traditional calendar ⓘ traditional Mongolian calendar ⓘ
leapMonthDeterminedBy	absence of mid-climate solar term in a lunar month ⓘ
leapMonthRule	inserts leap month in years with 13 lunar months ⓘ
modernComputationBasedOn	astronomical calculations ⓘ
newYearOccursIn	February ⓘ late January ⓘ
primaryUse	astrology ⓘ determining traditional Chinese festivals ⓘ fortune-telling ⓘ guiding agricultural activities ⓘ selecting auspicious dates ⓘ traditional medicine timing ⓘ
regulatedBy	imperial Chinese governments ⓘ linked to: Imperial China
solarTermCount	24 ⓘ
solarTermInterval	15 degrees of solar longitude ⓘ
typicalMonthLength	29 days ⓘ 30 days ⓘ
usedIn	China ⓘ Hong Kong ⓘ linked to: Hong Kong, China Macau ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China overseas Chinese communities ⓘ linked to: Overseas Chinese communities
usesEpoch	sexagenary cycle year count ⓘ
zodiacCycleLength	12 years ⓘ

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