Walter Hinteler wrote:dròm_et_rêve wrote:CN used to be used instead of BC, I've found out, and it slipped partly due to people's thinking that AD meant 'after death,' leading to the creation of an English abbreviation.
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O, that! Sorry, I forget quickly...
CN means 'before Christ' in Latin and used to be written instead of 'BC.' I'll find out what the N stands for, if you want.
Voilà:
Wikipedia wrote:Ante Christum Natum
The missing A must have been because of my crap keyboard.
So, BC = Before Christ = before the common era =/= CN = ACN = Ante Christum Natum (BC in Latin)
Thanks, dròm_et_rêve, I learned a lot
We use BC and AD in China also, but I know Japan has its own calendar, that's cool.
Yes, but the Japanese also follow the standard world calendar. Everyone does in their day-to-day business to stay in step. The Jews have their own calendar and the Muslims have a different one. But these are used mainly for setting the dates of religious observations etc., not in day-to-day affairs.
Yes, you are right, of cos we need a standard world calendar... I'm just thinking about China deserves an own calendar, I mean a calendar only for China's history and culture...
Can you get it? Sorry, I can't express better in English.....
Nice to have you back here, Andrew!
Thank you, Walter. I'm still adjusting my body from Pacific time to Eastern Daylight Saving -- a six-hour difference.
lainchace, Walter may correct me on this, but I think there is such a thing as a Chinese calendar (also in use in Viet Nam and other parts of Indochina). The New Year, for example, is celabrated on particular days which days which do not coincide annually with the standard (Christian) calendar. But historically -- again, subject to correction -- I don't think the ancient Chinese ever numbered their years except within particular dynasties. Thus, one might refer to Year 17 of the Ming Dynasty, etc.
<Walter doesn't correct you :wink: >
Hi Merry Andrew, yes we use lunar calendar as our calendar, like you mentioned, we celabrate the New Year on particular days every year...
You got me very well, I just want a calendar to number our years....
Out of curiosity, from what event would you date a Chinese calendar, lainchance?
We use the phases of the moon to keep track of time, that is why it's called lunar calendar.
China's Moon Festival is coming soon, at Sep 28th this year. I'll try to get you a piece of mooncake, fortune
