The Origin of Solar Calendar and Lunar Calendar
阴历与阳历的起源之说
Although China has adopted the Gregorian calendar in common with most other countries in the world for official and business purposes,the traditional Chinese calendar continues to define the dates of festivals and is used for horoscopes. The calendar had a very long history going back to the Xia(21st century BC-16th Century BC) and Shang Dynasty(l6th century BC- llth century BC). It is based on a unique combination of astronomy and geography through observation and exploration. It is also referred to as the Lunar Calendar,Yin calendar,Xia calendar or the old Chinese calendar.
虽然中国已经采用了公历，和大多数世界各国的其他官方和经营宗旨一样，但传统的中国历法仍然继续定义节日的日期，并用于八字。日历有一个很长的历史，可以追溯到夏朝（公元前21世纪 - 公元前16世纪）和商代（公元前16世纪-公元前11世纪）。它是根据天文和地理通过观察和探索的独特组合。它也被称为阴历，殷历，夏历或旧中国历。
Following its creation in the Xia Dynasty succeeding reigns continued to use the calendar but modified it from time to time. The Han Dynasty rulers instituted the Taichu calendar,while during Tang Dynasty the Huangji calendar was introduced and it was adopted by Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Withthe founding of the Republic of China in 1912,the Gregorian calendar was brought into use. Although ethnic groups such as Tibet and Dai have their own calendars, in essence they resemble that of the Han people. Islam reckons its own religion festivals according to the Islamic Calendar.
继在夏王朝成功建立的王朝继续使用日历，但不时修改。汉代统治者设立了太初历，而在唐代使用皇极历，并被日本，韩国和越南引进使用。随着中国共和国在1912年成立，公历被投入使用。虽然族群如西藏和傣有自己的日历，在本质上，他们表现得像是汉族人。伊斯兰教根据伊斯兰历法算自己的宗教节日。
The calendar has links with natural sciences such as agriculture and astronomy,solar terms, the four seasons and traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival. There are links also with the Five Elements' of which the ancient Chinese believed the physical universe to be composed namely, metal,wood,water,fire and earth. Finally, of course, is sheng xiao- the symbolic animals associated with each year on a 12-year cycle.
日历与自然科学，如农业、天文、节气、四季和传统节日有关，如春节。这也与五行有联系，古老的中国人相信物质世界是由五行组成的，即金，木，水，火，土。最后，当然，是生肖，12生肖中每年都有一个象征性的动物12年循环。
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