A report on Sexagenary cycle
Cycle of sixty terms, each corresponding to one year, thus a total of sixty years for one cycle, historically used for recording time in China and the rest of the East Asian cultural sphere.
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Earthly Branches
3 linksThe twelve Earthly Branches or Terrestrial Branches are a Chinese ordering system used throughout East Asia in various contexts, including its ancient dating system, astrological traditions, zodiac and ordinals.
Chinese calendar
3 linksLunisolar calendar which identifies years, months, and days according to astronomical phenomena.
Lunisolar calendar which identifies years, months, and days according to astronomical phenomena.
A sexagenary cycle, comprising stems (干, gān) and branches (支, zhī), is used as identification alongside each year and month; including intercalary months or leap months.
Chinese astrology
3 linksBased on the traditional astronomy and calendars.
Based on the traditional astronomy and calendars.
The following table shows the 60-year cycle matched up to the Western calendar for the years 1924–2043 (see sexagenary cycle article for years 1924–1983).
Japanese calendar
1 linksJapanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems.
Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems.
The Chinese sexagenary cycle was introduced early into Japan. It was often used together with era names, as in the 1729 Ise calendar shown above, which is for "the 14th year of Kyōhō, tsuchi-no-to no tori", i.e., 己酉. Now, though, the cycle is seldom used except around New Year.
Heavenly Stems
1 linksThe ten Heavenly Stems or Celestial Stems are a Chinese system of ordinals that first appear during the Shang dynasty, c. 1250 BC, as the names of the ten days of the week.
The ten Heavenly Stems or Celestial Stems are a Chinese system of ordinals that first appear during the Shang dynasty, c. 1250 BC, as the names of the ten days of the week.
The Heavenly Stems were used in combination with the Earthly Branches, a similar cycle of twelve days, to produce a compound cycle of sixty days.
1911 Revolution
0 linksThe 1911 Revolution, or Xinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China.
The 1911 Revolution, or Xinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China.
The revolution is named Xinhai because it occurred in 1911, the year of the Xinhai stem-branch in the sexagenary cycle of the traditional Chinese calendar.
Boshin War
0 linksCivil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.
Civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.
Boshin (戊辰) is the designation for the fifth year of a sexagenary cycle in traditional East Asian calendars.
Rat (zodiac)
1 linksFirst of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar system (with similar systems in use elsewhere).
First of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar system (with similar systems in use elsewhere).
The Prime Minister of the first emperor, Huangdi (also known as the Yellow Emperor) is said in this year to have worked out the sixty year zodiacal cycle.
Oracle bone
0 linksOracle bones are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy – a form of divination – in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.
Oracle bones are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy – a form of divination – in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.
The earliest oracle bones (corresponding to the reigns of Wu Ding and Zu Geng) record dates using only the 60-day cycle of stems and branches, though sometimes the month was also given.
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
0 linksInitial invasion in 1592 , a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597 (Chongyu War).
Initial invasion in 1592 , a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597 (Chongyu War).
In Korean, the first invasion (1592–1593) is called the "Japanese Disturbance of Imjin" (倭 亂 ; wae ran), where 1592 is an imjin year in the sexagenary cycle.