Newly compiled perpetual calendar

Author: Yang Xiao
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "With this book in hand, everything is convenient." The almanac is closely related to the daily lives and productive labor of the masses. This book compiles almanac data from 1920 to 2050, covering a span of 130 years, and includes knowledge on the lunar calendar, solar terms, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Five Elements, and the I Ching and Bagua. It also incorporates widely popular traditional elementary education texts such as "Three-Character Classic," "Hundred Family Surnames," "Thousand-Character Classic," "Zhu Zi's Family Management Principles," "Disciples' Rules," "Teaching Children," "Gathering of Famous Scholars," and "Enriching the Learning of the Wise." Based on the practical needs of the masses, this book also collects and compiles content such as couplet anthologies, folk proverbs, dietary supplements and food therapy, folk customs and folk arts, folk games and competitions, and folk worship and taboos. At the end of the book, appendices are provided with postal codes and long-distance telephone area codes for major cities in China, as well as international long-distance area codes and time zone comparisons, for easy reference by readers.