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The
Chinese calendar
, also known as the "agriculture calendar" (農曆/??), is a
lunisolar calendar
(
yinyangli
). It was used until 1912 when the
Gregorian calendar
was adopted. This is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. It was developed in part from a
lunar calendar
(陰曆
yinli
) and in part from a
solar calendar
(陽曆
yangli
).
[1]
The current version of the Chinese calendar was developed for the
Chongzhen Emperor
in the 17th century.
[2]
Today in
China
the
Gregorian calendar
is used for most activities. At the same time, the Chinese calendar is still used for traditional Chinese holidays like the
Chinese New Year
or the
Mid-Autumn Festival
.
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