What is the Chinese Calendar? Typically, the first things that come to mind when we think of the Chinese calendar are vivid reds and trails of gold framing jade dragons, oxen, rats, snakes and dogs; vibrant cyclical zodiac calendars in strong, luck-based colors. It’s an accurate vision – the Chinese zodiac is perhaps the most recognizable aspect of the Han calendar, known today as the Chinese calendar: a lunisolar 12-month calendar with a sexagenary (60-year) cycle. Now, what on Earth is a lunisolar calendar, you may ask? Well, to be concise, it uses the moon (luna in Latin) to determine … Continue reading The Chinese Calendar and its History