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Primary General Studies: Chinese Festivals and the Lunar Calendar (Paper 1 (basics))
Primary General Studies: Chinese Festivals and the Lunar Calendar (Paper 1 (basics))
Paper one starts from the basics of calendars: the twelve lunar months, long and short months, the dates of New Year, Lantern, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn and Double Ninth festivals, and why Qingming is a solar term rather than a lunar festival.
Direct answers State the month before the day in date questions, and always write the working for a calculation.
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 |
| Suggested time | 20 |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 3 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 3 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: Primary General Studies: Chinese Festivals and the Lunar Calendar |
| Level | parts of a closed circuit, conductors against insulators, series against parallel, adding up battery voltage, and electrical safety |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationHow many months are there in a lunar year?
- FoundationOn which lunar date is the Lantern Festival?
- FoundationWhat does the Dragon Boat Festival mark, and on what lunar date?
- IntermediateOn which date is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and why is it called mid-autumn?
- IntermediateHow many days after New Year day is the Lantern Festival?
- IntermediateIf a lunar month averages 29.5 days, how long is a lunar year?
- ChallengeHow many months lie between the Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn festivals?
- ChallengeOn what lunar date is the Double Ninth Festival, and what do people do?
- ChallengeHow many days are in a long and a short lunar month?
- Error redoA classmate says Qingming is a lunar festival. What is wrong?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 months. | The lunar calendar counts months by moon phases, twelve of them from the first to the twelfth. |
| 2 | The fifteenth day of the first month. | It is the first full moon after New Year, which is why it is called Yuanxiao. |
| 3 | It remembers Qu Yuan and falls on the fifth day of the fifth month. | Dragon boat races and rice dumplings are the customs of that day. |
| 4 | The fifteenth day of the eighth month, the middle of the three autumn months. | Autumn covers months seven to nine, so month eight sits in the middle. |
| 5 | 14 days. | Fifteen minus one is 14 days. |
| 6 | About 354 days. | Twelve times 29.5 is 354 days, shorter than the 365 day solar year. |
| 7 | 3 months. | Eight minus five is 3 months. |
| 8 | The ninth day of the ninth month, when people climb hills and honour elders. | Two nines together give the name, and it is a public holiday in Hong Kong. |
| 9 | A long month has 30 days and a short month 29. | Months follow the moon, so they have 30 or 29 days and never 31. |
| 10 | Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms, fixed by the sun and falling on 4 or 5 April. | Solar terms follow the sun, so Qingming barely moves in the solar calendar. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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