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Chinese Agricultural Calendar of my Grand Father: 24 solar terms in 4 earth seasons: Year 2004

month 1 Small
month 2 Big
leap month 2 Small
month 3 Big
month 4 Big
month 5 Small
month 6 Big
month 7 Small
month 8 Big
month 9 Small
month 10 Big
month 11 Small
month 12 Big
立春 - Début du Printemps - Beginning of Spring - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 1, day 14 (2004-01-14)
雨水 - Pluies et Eaux - Rain Water - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 1, day 29 (2004-01-29)
惊蛰 - Activation des Insectes - Waking of Insects - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 2, day 15 (2004-02-15)
春分 - Equinoxe du Printemps - Spring Equinox - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 2, day 30 (2004-02-30)
清明 - Lumière Pure - Pure Brightness - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, leap month 2, day 15 (2004-02-15)
谷雨 - Graines et Pluies - Grain Rain - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 3, day 2 (2004-03-02)
立夏 - Début de l'Eté - Beginning of Summer - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 3, day 17 (2004-03-17)
小满 - Petit Remplissement - Grain Full - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 4, day 3 (2004-04-03)
芒种 - Semence - Grain in Ear - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 4, day 18 (2004-04-18)
夏至 - Solstice d'Eté - Summer Solstice - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 5, day 4 (2004-05-04)
小暑 - Petite Chaleur - Slight Heat - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 5, day 20 (2004-05-20)
大暑 - Grande Chaleur - Great Heat - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 6, day 6 (2004-06-06)
立秋 - Début de l'Automne - Beginning of Autumn - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 6, day 22 (2004-06-22)
处暑 - Limite de Chaleur - Limit of Heat - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 7, day 8 (2004-07-08)
白露 - Rosée Blanche - White Dew - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 7, day 23 (2004-07-23)
秋分 - Equinoxe de l'Automne - Autumnal Equinox - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 8, day 10 (2004-08-10)
寒露 - Rosée Froide - Cold Dew - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 8, day 25 (2004-08-25)
霜降 - Tombée de Givre - Descent of Frost - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 9, day 10 (2004-09-10)
立冬 - Début de l'Hiver - Beginning of Winter - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 9, day 25 (2004-09-25)
小雪 - Petite Neige - Slight Snow - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 10, day 11 (2004-10-11)
大雪 - Grande Neige - Great Snow - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 10, day 26 (2004-10-26)
冬至 - Solstice d'Hiver - Winter Solstice - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2004, month 11, day 10 (2004-11-10)
小寒 - Petit Froid - Slight Cold - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2005, month 11, day 25 (2005-11-25)
大寒 - Grand Froid - Great Cold - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2005, month 12, day 11 (2005-12-11)
立春 - Début du Printemps - Beginning of Spring - cycle 78, Chinese Year Jia-Shen (21), year 2005, month 12, day 26 (2005-12-26)
雨水 - Pluies et Eaux - Rain Water - cycle 78, Chinese Year Yi-You (22), year 2005, month 1, day 10 (2005-01-10)
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Here is the 24 Chinese Feasts (Jiéqì, 节气), equivalent to the 24 Chinese Solar Terms for the year 2004.

If you want also the dates of these Chinese feasts on the Chinese Lunar Calendar, here is the link (a slow process) : Detail

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Chinese Agricultural Calendar of my Grand Father: 24 solar terms in 4 earth seasons: Year 2004

In memorial of my maternal grand father, a part of my great memory of my childrenth. In effect, he was the studied of the countryside town of about 3 000 souls on the chinese bord of the pacific ocean in the province of Zhejiang in China. Before each chinese new year, he calligraphed this kind of calendar for the people of the whole village, even those of the villages around, people thinking abount their future rice harvest. He was so famous of the village and invited by many families for thanks of this knowledge of the Chinese Calendar (Calendar of 10 000 years: 万年历) during the chinese spring festivals, I accompanyed him to share those delicious meats. Dear Maternal Grand Father, you should be very proud of that your little grand-son of that time inheritates a part of your works just as you wished. Thanks my maternal grand father on the sky...

In the calendar of my Grand Father, there are two solar season feasts on each lunar month.

You could also Change the Straw Paper for the calligraphy.

What is the Chinese Lunar Calendar ?

The Chinese Calendar is a solilunar calendar. It integrates as well the revolution of the Earth around the Sun as the movement of the Moon around the Earth.

A month begins at the day of the new moon (invisible Moon) and ends at the day before the next new moon. The full moon is either on 15 or 16 of the month.

A Chinese year can have 12 or 13 lunar months, that correspond to the nomber of new moons between two successive winter solstices. The year is appelé leap year if there are 13 months in the year.

If a Chinese year always starts on the 1st month 1, the date marking the beginning of the Chinese New Year in the Gregorian calendar is variable between January and March according to relative position of the Sun - Moon.

Here is the Chinese Calendar of my maternal grand father.

Year in the Chinese Lunar Calendar

A Chinese Year (Suì, 岁) is composed of 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, and sub-divised in 24 Chinese Feasts, equivalent to the 24 Chinese Solar Terms of a Chinese Year. The major solar terms Zhōngqì (中气) are given in boldface, while the minor solar terms Jiéqì (节气) are given in lightface.
As these solar terms are only events of the Sun, no lunar event related feasts, such as Chinese New Year which is the day of the first new Moon (day 1 of month 1 of a Chinese lunar year), Dragon Feast (day 5 of month 5 of a Chinese lunar year), are in the list.

Since the creation of the People's Republic of China on October 1st 1949 by the President MAO Zedong (Mao Tsetong), China has officially adopted the Gregorian calendar, or the solar calendar for the administration purpose. Nevertheless, the Chinese People keep their traditional feasts fixed on the dates of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. These feasts are very vivid today such as the Spring Festivities, symbol of the arrival of the Chinese New Year.

The Spring Festival takes place always on the first day of the first month on the Chinese Lunar Calendar. But the date on the solar calendar varies with the year. Il is always on January or February of the current year on the solar calendar, but its date can be obtained only by a very complex calculation of the dual movement of the Earth and of the Moon.

In the Ancient Chinese History of 24 dynasties, the time has neither beginning, nor ending. Each dynasty hopes an infinite reign on time and each emperor starts counting by his first year of reign as year 1. For example, the Emperor KangXi of the Qing Dynasty counts his reign by KangXi year 1, KangXi year 2, KangXi year 3, ...

Nowadays, the Chinese have officially the Gregorian year. This is to say, the year 2024 for this year. But as the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) is considered as the Creator of the Chinese Nation, the population count also as Huangdi 4722 for this year.

To know more about chinese feasts of the 4 seasons related to the chinese calendar, the chinese lunar calendar of my grand father would be a precious help.

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3. Visitor *.*.16.* - 2020-01-14 20:43:39
Je le regarde tous les ans avec un grand plaisir.
2. poune - 2014-02-10 22:06:43
beau site
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