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Chinese festivals originated from the ancient Chinese calendric system. To understand the origin of Chinese festivals, one must first know something about the ancient Chinese cylindrical system.

The traditional Chinese calendric system is a combination of the solar system and the lunar system, which is known as nongli, the agricultural calendar. The basic principle of nongli is, a month is a period as long as a complete moon change cycle, and a year is a period approximately as long as a solar year.

Whenever necessary, a leap month is added. According to this system. 24jieqi(24 seasonal periods indicating the obvious changes of weather when they come around) are designed to guide agricultural activities, so the system is commonly known as the agricultural calendar, and it is also known as zhong calendar. summer calendar and lunar calendar.