Editing Chinese calendar (section)

===Contributions from Chinese astronomy===
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The Chinese calendar has been a development involving much observation and calculation of the apparent movements of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, as observed from Earth.

Many Chinese astronomers have contributed to the development of the Chinese calendar. Many were of the scholarly or ''shi'' class ({{zh |t = 士|s =士|p=shì}}), including writers of history, such as [[Sima Qian]].

Notable Chinese astronomers who have contributed to the development of the calendar include [[Gan De]], [[Shi Shen]], and [[Zu Chongzhi]]

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Early technological developments aiding in calendar development include the development of the [[gnomon]].  Later technological developments useful to the calendar system include [[Chinese star names|naming, numbering]] and mapping of the sky, the development of analog computational devices such as the armillary sphere and the water clock, and the establishment of observatories.