Why is it 4705 in China, but 2007 in America?
2007-02-14 02:42:20 · 6 answers · asked by Irish Hottie 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
The Western world, under the influence of Pope Gregory, set Year One as the supposed birth of Jesus (which isn't really known). The Gregorian Calendar replaced the Roman Julian Calendar (credited to Julius Caesar) which had introduced errors over the millenia.
The Chinese set Year One as the mythical founding of the first Chinese kingdom under a king of supposed divine origin.
Likewise, the Koreans set their Year One as the year that Tangun was born of a bear and goddess.
The Islam Calendar set the Year One as the date of Mohammed's miraculous flight from Mecca to Medina.
The Jewish Calendar set Year One as the year in which Abraham left Ur.
There are many other calendars, but, because of the influence of the Western world, the Gregorian has become the accepted secular one. It did carry over some of the absurdities of the older Julian Calendar, such as a short February (a bad month which you want to get over quickly) as well as naming months of "October" (meaning 8th month, which it was in the Julian), "November" (9th month), and December (10th month)).
2007-02-14 18:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The year could be 4705 or 4645 depending on who you talk to. Chinese calendars were based on the emperors reigns, but you should know that the Chinese do not have a continuous year count but would traditionally start counting from one again with each new emperor. But to simplify the count and make it continuous, some scholars reconstructed Chinese chronology by adding up years of reigns, starting by the first known emperor, the Yellow Emperor Huángdì who supposedly invented the calendar in 2637 BCE, in the 61st year of his reign. However, other scholars start the count on the first year of his reign in 2697 BCE. Since these years are 60 years apart, you can conclude that the Chinese New Year in 2007 marks the beginning of the Chinese year 4645 or 4705.
2007-02-16 20:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Phil 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is 2007 AD in America. The traditional Chinese calender does not use AD (Anno Domini (Latin : "In the year of (Our) Lord) or BC (Before Christ (from the Ancient Greek "Christos" or "Anointed One", referring to Jesus).
Most countries use the Gregorian calendar, which is basically the international standard used in most the world for civil purposes. China uses there own calender to determine traditional holidays. The year 4705 would be from China's traditional or "old calendar" (舊曆 jìulì, 旧历).
2007-02-14 03:12:05 · answer #3 · answered by Marsha 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chinese calendar is older than Western calendar
2007-02-14 15:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by gingben 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-23 22:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because china borned before Jesus borned
2007-02-14 14:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋