To display Chinese solar terms, use the following tokens.
[chYear] |
Pig |
Displays the animal year name (dragon, snake, tiger, ...), in the language of the token, for the tokens's date, based on the translation in the tokens manager. |
[chYrS] |
己 |
Displays only the stem of the Chinese year name (stem and branch), in the language of the token, for the tokens's date. |
[chYrB] |
亥 |
Displays only the branch of the Chinese year name (stem and branch), in the language of the token, for the tokens's date. |
[chYrSB] |
己亥 |
Displays the stem and the branch of the Chinese year name (stem and branch), in the language of the token, for the tokens's date. |
[chYrSBn] |
己亥年 |
Displays the stem and the branch of the Chinese year name (stem and branch), in the language of the token, for the tokens's date, followed by the character for the noun "year". |
See the section below if you plan to use Chinese year numbers |
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[chYYYY] |
四七一六 |
Displays the Chinese year number corresponding to the token's date, using Chinese characters. |
[chyyyy] |
4716 |
Displays the Chinese year number corresponding to the token's date, using western numbers. |
Caveat About Chinese Year Number
Note that you will find varying Chinese year numbers for a given date, depending on the source.
Some of the issues:
•First of all, there is the question of whether you start in 2637 BCE or 2697 BCE.
•Then there is confusion between 2637 BCE as opposed to the year -2636 (does our Gregorian era start on year 1 or year 0).
•Similarly, some people may start with 2638 BCE as year 0, but then other people interpret that as year 1.
•Finally, there is the question of whether the year 1 (or 0) starts with winter solstice 2638 BCE or lunar new year 2627 BCE.
For the above reasons, you will find differing Chinese year numbers for the same date.
See also: Chinese Tokens.
Topic 172470, last updated on 05-Feb-2025
