Chinese Festivals
There are several festivals in Chinese Calendar include Chinese Lunar New Year Festival, Lantern Festival, Sweeping Tombs Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Lover Day Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival, Moon Cake Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Winter Solstice Festival.
Chinese Calendar is a Luna-Solar Calendar which calculated by rotation of moon and sun in a year. The system was introduce in ancient days since sky observation by ancient astrologers of Shang Dynasty but improved since western method was introduced by Xu Guangqi, an astronomer and scientist in Ming Dynasty era, the calendar by Xu Guangqi was rebuilt and revised by Jesuit Missioner Johann Adam Schall von Bell and Jesuit Missioner Ferdinand Verbest in Qing Dynasty era and still remain in use until now.
