Beginning on Feb. 10, 2024 marks the Year of the Dragon. A central figure in Chinese culture, the dragon represents vigor, strength and good fortune, among other powerful attributes.

Chinese New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival, is roughly a two-week-long celebration marking the first day of the Chinese calendar year, which lands on Wednesday this year.

Hence, the first year of the primary Chinese calendar cycle, jia-zi, corresponds to the first Fibonacci number, F [1]. The 60th year, gui-hai, corresponds to the 60th Fibonacci number, F [60].

Well, the Chinese New Year is associated with the coming of spring and the start of the planting season, when everything feels new and reborn, so the first day of the lunar new year is typically ...

Caran d’Ache has been augmenting its Chinese Calendar collection for several years, each annual pen showcasing the company’s expertise in Chinese lacquering and its long history in fine engraving.

Each year is represented by a zodiac animal on the lunar-solar Chinese calendar. As China ushers out 2017 as the Year of the Rooster, citizens are readying to welcome 2018 as the Year of the Dog.

The Chinese work by a cycle of sixty years, and 1900 is the thirty-seventh year of the seventy-seventh cycle, dating from about 2720 B. C.; and the present Emperor has reigned for twenty-six years ...