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Originally Posted by sextile
-- But, if the Ch. are that superstitious etc. etc., why did they prefer to use the western calendar rather than their own trad. one?
-- Bibi.. --
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I just did a bit of research and found that Aug 8th was the 8th day of the 7th Moon while the actual 8th day of the 8th Moon would have been Sep 7th.
I suspect that the 8th day of the 7th Moon (one day after the 7 sisters festival) was better if the IOC had to have it in August rather than September, which might have been a bit too late in the year. I know the international tennis tournament schedule, for example, would have been badly disrupted, let alone all the other sports events and sponsors' timetables.