peiyi_22 Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 Hi,You mentioned in your website that your calculations of the four pillars are according to the Lunar calendar instead of the Xia calendar because you have found the Lunar one more accurate.Any evidence or reasons for this?Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted March 30, 2000 Staff Share Posted March 30, 2000 Dear Pei Yee,1. There are a few references on this site, somewhere that shows clearly why Lunar Calendar Method should be used instead of Xia (Hsia) Calendar.2. Both methods will give the same results most of the time. However, the Hsia has an inherent flaw, it is unable to `see' a blind month or we call it an intercalary month.In Chinese Lunar Calendar, there are frequently years where there are double months e.g. Two 1st month, 2nd month etc...In such a situation, there is no way the Hsia calendar or (Xia Li) calendar can detect this.Because of this, the calculation using the Hsia calendar goes `off' for those whose birthday ie. month pillar is out.The traditional method is to use the Chinese Lunar Calendar Method and at this site, at the appropriate calculation it is cross referenced to the Hsia as it is used to find the season.Thus, from the above, we infact use both the Lunar and Xia calendar (Hsia) at the appropriate time.Hong Kong practitioners or those who learned Feng Shui from Hong Kong prefer to use, the Xia as Hong Kong uses the Xia calendar. I have thus pointed to you the inherent weakness of the Xia System.Warmest Regards,Cecil Quote On 3/30/00 4:12:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:Hi,You mentioned in your websitethat your calculations of thefour pillars are according tothe Lunar calendar instead ofthe Xia calendar because youhave found the Lunar one moreaccurate.Any evidence or reasons forthis?Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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