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Cultural awareness: Lunar vs Gregorian calendar on BBC's Meet me on the bridge

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Here is a moving story about a Chinese adopted girl. It's worth watching.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-42269038/meet-me-on-the-bridge-discovering-the-truth-about-my-parents-after-20-years

I found out a few mistakes on the key dates in this video. I tweeted to the BBC about these:

1) The baby girl's date of birth in the story is based on Lunar calendar (lunar 7th month; 24th day), but your translation incorrectly said it's July 24th. In 1995, her birthday should have been 19th August (Gregorian Calendar).

2) Another culturally incorrect info in your video. "Every year on the 7th of July people go there (Hangzhou Broken Bridge) to be reunited with loved ones." It is 七夕节 Qīxījié (Lunar calendar: 7th Month; 7th Day) (Aug 28 in 2017), definitely not 7th July (Gregorian).

adoption Chinese girl

Lunar calendar: 农历 - as clearly stated in the birth parents' letter.

BBC adoption girl reunion Hangzhou




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