The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, not a lunar one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Chinese Astronomical Technology] Reference

In this nineteen-year lunisolar cycle, twelve years re - ceived twelve months each for a subtotal of 144.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardboy Chinese Calendar 2008 | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference

Isn't this culturally insensitive to Muslims - especially given that the Islamic calendar is actually lunar, rather than lunisolar like the Chinese one?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Japanese New Year (正月, shōgatsu) was based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar and celebrated at the beginning of spring, Japanese still have a custom of sending New Year Post card and most cards have the Chinese zodiac sign of the twelve animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comparing the Chinese and Japanese cultures] Reference

The calculation comes from the lunisolar calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dave Lucas] Reference

He was just in time for the local celebration of the Mongolian lunisolar New Year festival.    From Wordnik.com.  [ComingAnarchy.com] Reference

Instead, the date for Easter is determined on a lunisolar calendar, as is the Hebrew calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - Geeks!] Reference

It is commonly called "Lunar New Year", because it is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Documenting Reality] Reference

Easter itself comes from the Judaic lunisolar calendar, as opposed to our traditional solar calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com] Reference

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar in which each month starts with the new phase of the moon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference

Chinese Mahayana Buddhist holidays are based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar and are calculated based on Chinese time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference

Darren covered the scientific background of this lunisolar calendar, and the changes that have taken place to it historically over the.    From Wordnik.com.  [eightbar] Reference

The traditional Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so dates are calculated according to both the phase of the moon and the position of the sun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nashuatelegraph.com: Breaking News | Web Feeds] Reference

Their year accordingly was lunisolar, consisting of twelve lunar months, with an intercalation to make the whole agree with the annual course of the sun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time] Reference

The four-day festival, called Thingyan in Burmese, marks the new year that starts 13 April on the lunisolar calendar, also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Tibetan Buddhist holidays (also referred to as Vajrayana Buddhist holidays and Tantric Buddhist holidays) (with roots in Tibet) are based on the unique Tibetan lunisolar calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference

But why 2010 is the Year of the Tiger has nothing to do with the Chinese lunisolar calendar but is based on the 12-year cycle of the animal zodiac which is an entirely different story.    From Wordnik.com.  [House on a hill] Reference

All of these cultures do share a similar astrological system, and within this lunisolar zodiac system, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, specifically the Year of the Metal/Iron and/or White Tiger.    From Wordnik.com.  [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference

Although often called 'lunar', the ancient Chinese calendar that these holidays are based on is actually a 'lunisolar' calendar, because it takes both the solar year and moon phase into account.    From Wordnik.com.  [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference

Two reasons-one, the Han influence which led to the adoption of the lunisolar calendar by other Asian countries and, two, the Chinese migration and the birth of Chinese communities in many parts of the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [House on a hill] Reference

Based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar, the lunar new year, which marks the 14th of the traditional 15 days of celebration, falls on a different date each year in the Gregorian calendar used by Western countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [NY Post: News] Reference

The tradition goes that since the Joseon Dynasty, every spring of a leap year (or intercalary year containing an extra month in the lunisolar calendar), people gathered to play the tug-of-war to wish for prosperity.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

What we call the Lunar New Year is not really based on a lunar calendar (based on cycles of the moon phase) but on the Chinese lunisolar calendar which intercalates days or months to make it conform with the moon phases.    From Wordnik.com.  [House on a hill] Reference

If the solar year is defined as a tropical year then a lunisolar calendar will give an indication of the season; if it is taken as a sidereal year then the calendar will predict the constellation near which the full moon may occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [House on a hill] Reference

The four-day festival? marking the new year that starts April 13 on the lunisolar calendar also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia? is one of the few times when Myanmar's citizens can cut loose under the watchful eye of the repressive regime.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The four-day festival - marking the new year that starts April 13 on the lunisolar calendar also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia - is one of the few times when Myanmar's citizens can cut loose under the watchful eye of the repressive regime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

It seems to me highly probable that the date to which all inquiries into the origin of the constellations and the zodiacal signs seems to point -- viz. 2170 B.C. -- was the date at which the Chaldæan astronomers definitely adopted the new system, the lunisolar instead of lunar division of the zodiac and of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Marvels of Astronomy] Reference