Chinese calendar

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The Chinese calendar makes use of the lunar calendar system; a calendar based on cycles of the moon phases.

Because an ordinary year has 353, 354, or 355 days, a leap year was created to compensate the missing years. A leap year has 383, 384, or 385 days.

The beginnings of the Chinese calendar can be traced back to the 14th century B.C.E. Legend has it that the Emperor Huangdi invented the calendar in 2637 B.C.E.

Years of the Three Kingdoms
A list of all years of the Later Han and Three Kingdoms period, starting with the year 184 A.D. (Jiazi).