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Chinese New Year Calendar |
| Chinese lunar New Year is the longest chronological record introduced by Emperor Huang Ti which starts from 2600 B.C. |
Chinese New Year Calendars have an old age legend famous about them. It's been said that when Lord Buddha departed from earth, he called all the animals to bid him farewell but only 12 came. So he rewarded those 12 animals by giving the names of the 12 years on their names.
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Lunar New Year Calendar is based on cycles of the moon and sun and because of this cyclical dating Chinese New Year can start from anywhere between last week of the January and the middle of the February as per western calendar. It contains 5cycles of twelve years each and in this way is repeated after every 60 years.
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That's why in Chinese calendars each of the 12years is denoted by an animal. It is believed that the animal ruling a particular year has a huge influence on the person born in that year and that animal hides in his heart.
Chinese New Year calendar 2010
The upcoming year 2010 will be celebrated as Chinese new year 2010 and Chinese new year 2010 date is 14th feburary.Each year is denoted by an animal. According to Chinese traditional calendar, Chinese New Year 2010 is year of the tiger.
It is the ji-chou year. "Jji" is the sixth of the Ten Celestial Stems and yin is the third of the Twelve Terrestrial Branches and states the year of the Tiger.
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