;: 3'l days, then an additional moon will c*' -: n'-' th the solar calendar. This is to preve-:

i : s c'e pa ncy. Th is extra month will be adde;-e Lr,r3r new year day changes from year::ie'da',,s fall in January and sometimes it v'

3 -rl' s added in the preceding year.

,n - e'ce it has nothing to do with the fc -"- l:s seasonal changes and defines sprirg

:::-s',,€^y much affect our lives. lt is a't*: s: c3vious are its effect on plants a':

'as s:"c^g influence on our lives is the so i"

: e- d e' as it is very much in practice dur'*6

: -a e: the Farmers calendar as China is ;-:- :* s calendar to understand how to pl:"

'3,Jndatron of this calendar is same ;:"

:' e^ calendar we are using today. lt defir*'':- 'c -,r ^ c the sun. So one solar year in t''iI3 * S - 3$Jever, the starting point of a yea' ';

;::" .a endar, The Chinese solar year is ve""

:'le r 'c' the year to totally embrace the fc -"-

l'i 'r ear on first day of Spring - which alwa*":

: a':a endar is that it is a calendar of the:ii' !,,i \,ear, month by month, day by day a":: - : 5 e le m e nts th rough the passage of tir *'

s ::'r' 3y dty, and elements month by mor':*

i: 3- ,,r' rroment of time in the Chinese sc il'

3'e :'evailing in the universe at any mome*"*: ^ts a re affecting the whole world, affecl-q

3e i-r,,,€nted by the Yellow Emperor in the yeTi'

' ^ es been accurately reflecting the eleme-i:Tcn:h, day by day and hour by hour. Anc:n''

' : rril'' and cycle of destruction governing :*ur

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