The Chinese calendar, also known as the "agriculture calendar" (農曆/农历), is a lunisolar calendar ("yinyangli"). It was used until 1912 when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. This is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. It was developed in part from a lunar calendar (陰曆 "yinli") and in part from a solar calendar (陽曆 "yangli"). 