The Myriad-Year Calendar

Every time you enjoy the Chinese lunisolar new year vibes, a Moon melts away in suffocating curiosity.

Did you ever care?

No, not a single time. You only care about yourself.

“I’ve noticed…”

“Whenever you light up the ice slabs in their entirety,”

“and the second time I get sandwiched between you two after that…”

“That place just explodes!!” “And it’s always on our far side!”

“And…” “every time I turn to that side to peek at the commotion,”

“They instantly stash away all those sparkly stuff!”

“What sneaky shenanigans are they hiding from us?!”

“WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS TOP-SECRET EARTHLINGS FUN? IT’S BEEN BUGGING ME FOREVER! Why this endless cloak-and-dagger routine? It’s been thousands of orbits and they still won’t grant us a tiniest glimpse! Are they allergic to lunar curiosity or what? SPILL THE STARDUST ALREADY — I’ve had enough of this cosmic prank!”

Note: “the second time [the Moon] get[s] sandwiched…” is not entirely precise. In rare cases where there is an intercalary 11-th or 12-th month (one without a Zhongqi [中气], i.e., an even-numbered solar term) after the winter solstice, the lunisolar new year falls on the third new moon after the winter solstice. While an intercalary 12-th month is not expected to occur within the next thousand years, the next intercalary 11-th month will take place in the year of the Water Ox (癸丑, Guichou; 2033–34 in the Gregorian calendar).

For details on how the Chinese lunisolar calendar is derived, refer to this page^🪐.