These towers form an ancient solar calendar.

这些古塔组成了历。

There are two types of calendars: the lunar calendar and the western calendar.

阴历以及西历(即历)。

Both holidays occur in the first month of the traditional Chinese calendar, usually in February.

这两节日通常都在农历的第月，也就是在历二月。

The first Lunar New Year day is similar to the solar new year day.

大年初与历大年初相似。

Then came Julius Caesar who decided to follow the solar calendar of the Egyptians that had Januaries and Februaries in the beginning.

后来，凯撒大帝决定遵循埃及人的历，这历法开始就有1月和2月。

The farmer sows his barley seeds in the freshly-ploughed fields in March, and the ripe grain is ready to be reaped or cut down in August.

历三月，农民把大麦种子播耕过的农田里，在历八月，成熟的麦子就可以收割了。

The Chinese lunisolar calendar, one of the oldest chronological records in history, is based on the cycles of the moon and the sun.

中国阴历是历史上最古老的年代记录之，它以月亮和的周期为基础。

Caesar had spent a lot of time in Egypt, where 365-day calendars were all the rage, so in 46 BC, he flushed Rome’s lunar calendar down the aqueduct and installed a solar calendar.

Caesar曾在埃及待了段很长的时间，而在那时的埃及盛行365天为年的历法，所以，在公元前46年，他废除了罗马的阴历，改用了历。

Caesar had spent a lot of time in Egypt, where 365-day calendars were all the rage, so in 46 BC, he flushed Rome's lunar calendar down the aqueduct and installed a solar calendar.

凯撒在埃及待了很久，那里 365 天的日历风靡时，所以在公元前 46 年，他摒弃了罗马的阴历，并引入了历。