 thumb|right|a single page of the chinese calendar of jiÇwÇniÃ¡n, which contains the tibetan and islamic date chinese calendar may refer to any of the official and civil calendars used in china and some neighbouring countries in different periods of history; however, the phrase is generally synonymous with han calendar. the official calendar in china today is the gregorian calendar, which is a solar calendar. it is used for public and business affairs. the civil calendar in much of china is the han calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. it is used for selecting the day of a wedding or funeral, for opening a venture, or a relocation. a similar calendar is used in japan, korea, and vietnam for these purposes. muslims living in xinjiang, ningxia and other parts of northern china use the islamic calendar, which is a mean moon lunar calendar, as their civil calendar. the civil calendar for tibet is the tibetan calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. the civil calendar for miao is the miao calendar, which is a solar calendar. in china, some public holidays relate to the gregorian calendar, such as labor day and national day while others relate to the chinese calendar, such as chinese new year, duanwu festival, and the mid-autumn festival. in specified provinces(autonomous~) of china, some extra public holidays related to islamic calendar or tibetan calendar, such as islamic new year and the major festival in ningxia and xinjiang, tibetan new year and summer assembly in tibet. the han calendar is a lunisolar calendar, which indicates both the moon phases and the solar terms. in han calendar, a year usually begins on the second dark moon after the winter solstice but occasionally on the third dark moon after the winter solstice. the year from  is a jiÇwÇniÃ¡n or mÃ¹mÇniÃ¡n (year of the  wooden horse). thumb|an example of a gregorian calendar and chinese lunisolar calendar below it ==early chinese calendars== ===xiÃ xiÇozhÄng, ten-month solar calendar=== xiÃ xiÇozhÄng () is a phonological article, which logs the star image, climate, habit of plant and animal in xiÃ  dynasty. xiÃ xiÇozhÄng showed a ten-month solar calendar. the calendar contains ten 36-day months, and the summer solstice is in the 5th month, and winter solstice is in the 10th month. ten heavenly stems are considered to be the months names. each month are divided into 
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