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The essay “Beijing has 20 million people pretending to have lifestyles”, written utilizing a Beijing-based blogger underneath the pseudonym of Zhang Wumao, sparked heated debate over the satisfaction of lifestyles in China’s huge cities after he published it on his WeChat social media account on July 23.
The article grumbled about a series of difficulties dwelling in Beijing, including choking smog, sky-excessive property costs, the city being “overrun” through outsiders, and the shortage of human warm temperature.
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“Beijingers have more and more felt the congestion, smog and excessive belongings prices, which suggest they can not pass at home and cannot breathe exterior,” Zhang wrote.
He argued the metropolis changed into the most effective livable for antique residents of Beijing who should lead a leisurely life because they have got “five residences” inside the city.

Why Does Chinese New Year Fall on a Different Date Each Year?

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I’m sure you’ve observed that Chinese New Year falls on a special day each yr.

Why is this so?

I asked myself the same question, and sooner or later, I figured it
out.

Spring starts evolved (立春, lìchūn) every 12 months around Feb 4th (in
the Western calendar).

The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the New Moon, closest
of evolved to spring. (That’s why Chinese New Year is known as the Spring
Festival.)

And ends on the Full Moon 15 days later with the Lantern
Festival.

The first day of Chinese New Year is continually between Jan 21st
and Feb twenty-first.

But why are Chinese New Year dates so “unpredictable”?

To answer this query, one has to look at how a month in
the Chinese calendar or lunar calendar is calculated.

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A Chinese month yue4 月 which means “the moon,” is a REAL moon.

Each lunar mono evolved the day of the new moon.

This is the day the moon is closest to the solar and now not
visible in any respect.

Does it imply that one has to examine the sky on every occasion to
inform the brand new moon?

Fortunately, the solution is “no.”

Otherwise, there will be plenty of stiff necks! Because the new moon happens with enough regularity to devise a
calendar primarily based on its phases.

(Full moon inside the center of the month. The moon wanes on the end
of the month).

In common, each lunar month is 29.Five days.

(Sometimes, the months are 29 days, and in other instances, they may be
30 days.)

But multiplying 29.Five days using 12 months offers 354 days.

Which is eleven days quick of 365 1/4 days, the cycle of the
4 seasons.

Or 11 days “quicker” if you want.

So, how does the Chinese calendar “wait” for the natural
global to capture up?

By adding a further month to make a “thirteen-month year.”

Well, now, not every year but every few years.

How often? It seems seven times every nineteen years.

In this manner, the Chinese calendar yr continues in keeping with
the actual global.

Every 12 months in the Chinese Calendar is likewise named after one in every of
12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

In last 12 months, 2005 turned into the 12 months of the fowl and 2006 the
12 months of the canine.

Timothy Washington
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