Chinese culture

Chinese Culture

Chinese culture is rich and profound and it has a fascinating and diverse history spanning over 5,000 years.

In 1912, the Republic of China officially adopted the Gregorian calendar used in the West, but the traditional Chinese festivals continued to be calculated in the old lunar calendar which goes back more than four thousand years.

The way the Chinese calculate each month is called "first moon", "second moon" and so on. In the Chinese calendar each day and each month represent something, which might happen on each day of each month.

Today many Chinese still strongly believe the predictions that are written down on the calendar. As we all know the Chinese horoscope has twelve animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.

Each animal represents the year the person is born. At the beginning of each year, most Chinese will buy an almanac, inside it works out the future for each animal for that year.

As a Christian, it is not right to base your life on horoscope because we are children of God. We are not guided by stars or animals but by our Creator and Master, the Almighty God. Our future is in the hands of God and not in an almanac.

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