http://waterink.net/2010/02/04/year-of-tiger-begins/ Pin Lu's Blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:25:09 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://waterink.net/2010/02/04/year-of-tiger-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-30547 newlight Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:31:59 +0000 http://waterink.net/?p=202#comment-30547 It is a confusing topic. I guess what I tried to say is that, it is not right to say 'the Year of Tiger begins on 14 Feb'. It is a confusing topic. I guess what I tried to say is that, it is not right to say ‘the Year of Tiger begins on 14 Feb’.

]]> http://waterink.net/2010/02/04/year-of-tiger-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-30544 gadfly Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:13:11 +0000 http://waterink.net/?p=202#comment-30544 You confused the Ganzhi calendar with the Chinese traditional calendar. The traditional Chinese calendar is not a pure lunar calendar (the Islamic calendar is a typical lunar one) but a comination of lunar and solar one (in Chinese Yin Yang He Li). In this case, the new year starts at the first day of the first monty rather than Lichun. Only fortune-teller who adapted Ganzhi calendar which used the Lichun as the begining of a year, However in Traditional Chinese medicine, Dahan is used as the transitional day of Yun Qi of between years. You confused the Ganzhi calendar with the Chinese traditional calendar. The traditional Chinese calendar is not a pure lunar calendar (the Islamic calendar is a typical lunar one) but a comination of lunar and solar one (in Chinese Yin Yang He Li). In this case, the new year starts at the first day of the first monty rather than Lichun. Only fortune-teller who adapted Ganzhi calendar which used the Lichun as the begining of a year, However in Traditional Chinese medicine, Dahan is used as the transitional day of Yun Qi of between years.

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