skylee Posted February 22, 2004 at 01:35 PM Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 at 01:35 PM I've just noticed that this is a leap year so we are going to have a 29th day this month. I have heard that, according to the chinese lunar calendar, there are seven leap years in every so many years (don't remember the details, someone please help). And a Chinese leap year means there are 13 lunar months. And this year we will have two second lunar months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 22, 2004 at 01:44 PM Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 at 01:44 PM OK I have found these from wikipedia - Chinese calendar and Hebrew calendar Both the Chinese calendar and the Hebrew calendar are lunisolar, so a leap year has an extra month, often called embolismic month after the Greek word for it. In Chinese calendar, the "leap month" is added according to a complicated rule and for example, if it follows the second month then it is simply called "leap second month". In Hebrew calendar, the extra month is called Adar Sheni (second Adar) and is added after Adar. According to the Metonic cycle, this is done seven times every nineteen years. See Chinese calendar and Hebrew calendar for more details. Intercalary months are arranged so that the sun always enters Capricorn on the 11th regular month (month 11) of a year. If there are 12 months between two successive occurrences of month 11, one of these 12 months must be an intercalary month and it is the first of these 12 months during which the sun remains within the same zodiac sign throughout. And a list of leap months from 1875 to 2112. Oh ... very complicated indeed ... give up ... PS - should the word be "閏年" or "潤年"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cometrue Posted February 22, 2004 at 06:09 PM Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 at 06:09 PM PS - should the word be "閏年" or "潤年"? the former one, and in simplified chinese, it's 闰 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Lee Posted February 23, 2004 at 07:04 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 at 07:04 PM IMHO Lunar Leap Year is more fair than Solar Leap Year. For those born on the Feb 29 under Solar Leap Year, they only have a chance to celebrate their birthdays once every 4 years. But for Lunar Leap Year, many people have the chance to celebrate birthday TWICE a year once a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jasmine Posted March 2, 2004 at 11:47 PM Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 at 11:47 PM ^^ that's a great news...i learned something new today..i knew Leap year only did not know the difference in Lunar and solar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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