Religious Holidays Quiz
What kind of calendar do Confucians and CIT observe?
- All Whether Daoist, CCT, Buddhist, or Confucian, all Chinese have historically acknowledged the same overall reckoning of time.
- Reckoning began around 2637 b.c.e., so that the year 2000 marked the year 4637.
- Major annual markers are the winter (maximum Yin) and summer (maximum Yang) solstices and vernal and autumnal equinoxes when Yin and Yang are in balance.
- Official Confucian and CIT events were traditionally set by a Board of Astrology and promulgated by a Ministry of Rites.
From The Handy Religion Answer Book, Second Edition by Jack Renard, Ph.D., (c) 2012 Visible Ink Press(R). Your Guide to the World's Major Faiths
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