Amadziwika kuti ndi amodzi mwa anayi a li, kuyamba kwa nthawi yachisanu kumakhala ndi miyambo yambiri, monga kudya matope, kusambira nthawi yozizira ndikupanga nyengo yozizira.

"Kuyamba kwa nyengo yachisanu" ya dzuwa kumagwera pa Novembala 7 kapena 8 chaka chilichonse. M'masiku akale, anthu aku China omwe amayamba kuyamba nyengo yozizira ngati chisanu. M'malo mwake, nthawi yozizira simayamba nthawi imodzi, kupatula madera am'mphepete mwa South China, yomwe ilibe nyengo yozizira chaka chonse, ndipo quat-tibet-tibet, yomwe ili ndi nyengo yozizira yayitali popanda chilimwe. Malinga ndi muyezo wamawuwolo kugawa nyengo zinayi, ngati kutentha kwa pentad mu theka lachiwiri la chaka kumatha kumapeto kwa zaka 10 Madera aku Norstmoost a China, amohe ndi madera akumpoto kwa mapiri a Kaguatian akungolowa nyengo yachisanu kumayambiriro kwa Seputembala, ndipo likulu la Beajing, nthawi yachisanu imayamba kumapeto kwa Okutobala. Mu chisemble cha ingtze River, nthawi yachisanu imayamba molimba mtima kuzungulira "chipale chofewa".