The Chinese Agricultural Calendar uses lunar months to determine its dates, but it also has “solar terms” which are based on the solar year. These solar terms helped the ancient Chinese people ...

The 24 solar terms, consisting of 12 major solar terms and 12 minor solar terms, were created thousands of years ago by the ancient Chinese to guide agricultural ... Minor Cold, also known as "Xiao ...

The discovery of these wooden artifacts provides valuable insights into the ancient Chinese calendar system and offers potential clues about how people in that era marked and tracked time.

Parmigiani Fleurier welcomes the Year of the Snake with a new gold watch, inspired by an ancient Chinese calendar —the Xiali ...

Chinese communities will celebrate Lunar New Year. When is the Lunar New Year? Why is it celebrated? What are the traditions?

The history of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty minister and imperial cousin who later founded his own short-lived dynasty, resonates ...

Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda PF Xiali Chinese Calendar combines the timeless elegance of Swiss watchmaking with the ancient ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Originating from an ancient Chinese lunar calendar, the Lunar New Year celebrates the veneration of deities, ancestors, and relatives who ...

“Chu” means the end and “Shu” refers to the summer, according to the ancient Chinese calendar used to guide farming. Ancient inhabitants believed the weather changed every 15 days and the ...