Another Jiawu Year

• 作者: JIANG FENG
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 地球科学
• 关键词: 甲午战争 天干地支 亚洲国家 中国 占星术
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（2）
• 页码范围: 21-21
• 页数: 1页
• 分类号: N031

摘要

<正>THE year 2014 is a Jiawu Year a c c o r d i n g t o t h e C h i n e s e sexagenary cycle.This tradi tional method of numbering days and years adopted by many Asian countries through history no longer has any significance in modern calen drical matters.But it is still relevan in Chinese contemporary astrology and fortune telling.It was during the Jiawu Year 120 years ago that the Sino-Japanese War broke out.Known in China as the Jiawu War,it com pletely reversed the national status o China and Japan,and led to a long term state of war between the two countries.Nowadays,we see constan disputes and friction between China