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Calendar
 
The PRC uses the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes, but the Chinese lunar calendar is also important in China. The Chinese Lunar New Year — known as Spring Festival today in China — is the biggest holiday in China, and many festivals are held according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the longest chronological record in history dating back to 2600 B.C. Like the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese Lunar Calendar is a yearly one, but the start of the lunar year is based on the cycles of the moon so that New Year Day can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. Each lunar year is associated with one of 12 zodiac animals, and 2004 is the Year of the Monkey.

The following are the Chinese Lunar New Year dates 2004 -2015:

Monkey

January 22, 2004 

Rooster

February 9, 2005

Dog

January 29, 2006

Boar/Pig

February 18, 2007

Rat

February 7, 2008

Ox

January 26, 2009

Tiger

February 14, 2010

Rabbit

February 3, 2011

Dragon

January 23, 2012

Snake

February 10, 2013

Horse

January 31, 2014

Sheep

February 19, 2015

The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. Like the Western calendar, The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a yearly one, with the start of the lunar year being based on the cycles of the moon. Therefore, because of this cyclical dating, the beginning of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. This year it falls on February 12th. A complete cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each.The Chinese Lunar Calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying: "This is the animal that hides in your heart."

Rat

1924

1936

1948

1960

1972

1984

1996

Ox

1925

1937

1949

1961

1973

1985

1997

Tiger

1926

1938

1950

1962

1974

1986

1998

Rabbit

1927

1939

1951

1963

1975

1987

1999

Dragon

1928

1940

1952

1964

1976

1988

2000

Snake

1929

1941

1953

1965

1977

1989

2001

Horse

1930

1942

1954

1966

1978

1990

2002

Sheep

1931

1943

1955

1967

1979

1991

2003

Monkey

1932

1944

1956

1968

1980

1992

2004

Rooster

1933

1945

1957

1969

1981

1993

2005

Dog

1934

1946

1958

1970

1982

1994

2006

Boar

1935

1947