Chinese New Year never falls on the same day in our calendar because its date as Easter is linked to the lunar cycle, practically coincides with the first new moon of Aquarius (between January 21 and February 19).
The invention of the Chinese calendar dates back to around the third millennium before Christ and is the calendar used by most long time. The year is divided into 12 months of 29 days and a half, the length of the lunar cycle. The beginning of each month is the new moon and lasts until the next new moon. When over a calendar year there are 13 full moons, then adds a thirteenth intercalary month (which keeps the same name as the twelfth) and defines the leap year (ha the same function as our leap year). The beginning of the year in ancient times was determined by observing with the help of a gnomon, the exact day of the winter solstice, the lunar cycle during which they produced the solstice was considered by convention the twelfth lunar month in progress. Observations and calculations were under the responsibility of the Great chronicler, 's official Astrologer and Astronomer.
The count starts from the year 2637 BC when the legend says the emperor Hoanhg you begin to count cycles of 60 years consisting of five simple cycles of 12 years. The documents show that the cycle of 12 years surely has been used from the seventh century and was based on observation of the revolution Sidereal of the planet Jupiter.
As in the extremely complex calculations, which should combine the cycles of the Moon, Sun and Jupiter, the Chinese calendar is at the same time because it has the immediate advantage of being easily followed by observation of the sky. In addition to the participatory
New Year celebrations, which these days involves the billions of Chinese in the world, numerous other rites and ceremonies have traditionally marked the cosmological timing of the Chinese calendar. In a surviving fragment of the "memorial rites" describes the ancient ceremony of the Light of the Palace where the emperor was to inhabit different rooms depending on the seasons and moons. Feng Shui rotation of the imperial family life also provided rooms for the passage of intercalary months.
If you want to venture into the calculation principle of the Chinese calendar recommend reading this
0 comments:
Post a Comment