# OrientLore

> OrientLore is an English-language guide to Chinese culture, combining practical calendar and zodiac tools with sourced introductions to symbols, stories, and living traditions.

Publication is currently English only. Cultural meanings and practices vary by period, region, community, and family. Articles distinguish historical context, traditional interpretation, literary narrative, and modern practice; consult each page's sources and reviewed date. Zodiac interpretations are cultural references, not scientific personality predictions or promises of luck, wealth, health, or relationships. Calendar tools explain their methods and limitations on their pages.

## Getting started

- [Start here](https://orientlore.com/start-here): Choose a path through practical questions, cultural symbols, or celebrations.
- [About OrientLore](https://orientlore.com/about-us): Purpose and scope of the publication.

## Practical tools

- [All tools](https://orientlore.com/tools): Browse the available cultural and calendar tools.
- [Chinese Zodiac Finder](https://orientlore.com/tools/chinese-zodiac): Find an animal sign from a birth date, accounting for Lunar New Year.
- [Zodiac Compatibility](https://orientlore.com/tools/zodiac-compatibility): Explore traditional symbolic pairings with cultural context.
- [Chinese Age Calculator](https://orientlore.com/tools/chinese-age): Compare international age and traditional nominal age.
- [Chinese Calendar Date Converter](https://orientlore.com/tools/chinese-calendar-converter): Convert between Gregorian and Chinese lunisolar dates.
- [Solar Terms Calendar](https://orientlore.com/tools/solar-terms-calendar): Look up the twenty-four solar terms.
- [Daily Almanac](https://orientlore.com/daily-almanac): Explore daily calendar information and its context.

## Cultural libraries

- [Symbols](https://orientlore.com/symbols): Explore objects, plants, animals, and ideas in Chinese visual culture.
- [Stories](https://orientlore.com/stories): Read introductions to myths, legends, and their changing interpretations.
- [Traditions](https://orientlore.com/traditions): Explore festivals and living practices.
- [Chinese Zodiac](https://orientlore.com/zodiac): Reference guide to the twelve zodiac animals.

## Calendar guides

- [Chinese calendar](https://orientlore.com/calendar): Introduction to dates, festivals, and seasonal markers.
- [Chinese festival calendar](https://orientlore.com/calendar/chinese-festival-calendar): Explore festival dates and cultural context.
- [Reading a Chinese lunar date](https://orientlore.com/calendar/reading-a-chinese-lunar-date): Understand the parts of a Chinese calendar date.
- [Why Lunar New Year changes date](https://orientlore.com/calendar/why-lunar-new-year-changes-date): Understand its relationship to the Gregorian calendar.
- [Chinese leap months](https://orientlore.com/calendar/chinese-leap-months): Learn how leap months work in the lunisolar calendar.
- [Twenty-four solar terms](https://orientlore.com/calendar/twenty-four-solar-terms): Read about seasonal divisions and their cultural uses.

## Optional

- [Editorial policy](https://orientlore.com/editorial-policy): Sources, review practices, corrections, and cultural variation.
- [Editorial style guide](https://orientlore.com/editorial-style-guide): Chinese terminology and language conventions.
- [Contact](https://orientlore.com/contact-us): Questions and corrections.
- [Privacy policy](https://orientlore.com/privacy-policy): Privacy information.
- [Terms of service](https://orientlore.com/terms-of-service): Terms for using the site.