Anthu aku China amakonda kutchula tsiku la 1 Januwale chaka chilichonse kuti “Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano.” Kodi mawu akuti “Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano” anachokera kuti?
Mawu akuti “Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano” ndi “cholengedwa cha m’dziko la China.” China yakhala ndi mwambo wa “Nian” kale kwambiri.
Chaka chilichonse, pa 1 Januwale ndi Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano, lomwe ndi chiyambi cha Chaka Chatsopano. “Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano” ndi mawu ophatikizana. Ponena za liwu limodzi, “Yuan” amatanthauza choyamba kapena chiyambi.
Tanthauzo loyambirira la mawu oti “Dan” ndi mbandakucha kapena m’mawa. Dziko lathu linali kufukula zinthu zakale zachikhalidwe cha Dawenkou, ndipo linapeza chithunzi cha dzuwa likutuluka kuchokera pamwamba pa phiri, ndi nthunzi pakati. Pambuyo pa kafukufuku wa zolemba, iyi ndiyo njira yakale kwambiri yolembera “Dan” m’dziko lathu. Pambuyo pake, munthu wosavuta wa “Dan” anaonekera pa zolembedwa zamkuwa za mafumu a Yin ndi Shang.
"Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano" lomwe likutchulidwa lero ndi msonkhano woyamba wa Msonkhano Wokambirana za Ndale wa Anthu aku China pa Seputembala 27, 1949. Pamene idaganiza zokhazikitsa Dziko la People's Republic of China, idaganizanso zogwiritsa ntchito nthawi ya AD yonse ndikusintha kalendala ya Gregory.
Limayikidwa mwalamulo kuti "Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano" pa Januwale 1, ndipo tsiku loyamba la mwezi woyamba wa kalendala ya mwezi limasinthidwa kukhala "Chikondwerero cha Masika".