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What are the developed manifestations of ancient astronomy in China?

According to Oracle Bone Inscriptions's records, there was a name of thirteen months in the Yin Dynasty three thousand years ago. In the classic, there are 366 days in a year, and the leap month comes of age at four o'clock. As for the stars, our ancestors had a saying of twenty-eight nights in the Zhou Dynasty. During the Warring States Period, the astronomers Gan De of Chu and Shi Shen of Wei recorded the positions of 120 stars. The earliest solar eclipse in China was recorded in 776 BC, earlier than any other country in the world. In the Spring and Autumn Period,

Our ancestors discovered comets, which is also the earliest comet discovery in the world. Therefore, China is a country with an early development of astronomy.