National Museum of Ethnology Journal Quarterly Folklore Studies No. 168 Published April 2019 Feature: Turning the Calendar, Traveling the World The new era name "Reiwa" begins. The era name is one of the methods of dating to count and record years, but unlike the Western calendar, which is an endless system of dating, it is characterized by being reset in a certain year. On the other hand, along with the dating method, the calendar divides the infinitely flowing time, gives it meaning, and predicts the future. This feature focuses on the culture of the calendar, and looks at holidays, events, calendar notations of good and bad luck, ethnicity and folklore, and even aspects such as politics, religion, economy, and society, which are related to calendars and calendars. In Japan, the Gregorian calendar (solar calendar), called the Western calendar, is quite universally普及している and presents a global standard, but there is also the Islamic calendar (lunar calendar) that opposes it, and the Chinese agricultural calendar (lunar-solar calendar) and the Indian Hindu calendar (lunar-solar calendar) are also thriving. Even within the same Islamic sphere, there are countries like Iran where the solar calendar, which starts the year with the vernal equinox, is the basis of life. The Hui people of China incorporate three types of calendars: the Western calendar, the agricultural calendar, and the Islamic calendar, in the calendar issued by the mosque (Islamic temple). In this way, it is very common to live by using two or three calendars. When you walk around the museum's exhibition halls, you can see a variety of unique calendars. Let's take a trip around the world's cultural diversity through the lens of the calendar. Published April 25, 2019 (Heisei 31) Publisher: Senri Cultural Foundation, Incorporated