![]() ![]() Traditional CalendarĬhinese Almanac Calendar is a traditional Chinese calendar which numbers the years, months, days and hours with Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. The most detailed and representative literature on picking up auspicious days available today is Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu compiled during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 AD). ![]() Most of the writings after the Han Dynasty and prior to the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368 AD) have been lost, making it difficult to study many problems. The art of selecting auspicious days was formed and improved in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). ![]() There have been many schools, such as Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, in choosing auspicious days. This unique culture is long standing, enjoys popular support and has a far-reaching influence in the folk Chinese people have never taken any special measures to protect it but it is naturally inherited generation by generation. The earliest record of auspicious and inauspicious days can be traced back to the oracle bone scripts unearthed. Since ancient times, Chinese people have had a theory of telling good or bad luck by viewing celestial phenomena. ![]()
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