The traditional way of dating China It's the year of 2016.But we also call it the Bingshen year.The ancients in China,people use the Tiangan and Dizhi for record the year.The Tiangan is included 10 number.The Dizhi is includ 12 number.They have 60 combinations.In ancient,people always record some event by this dating way.For example，There was a war between China and Japan in 1894，Chinese call this war is the Jia Wu War.The JIa WU is the year that happen the war.Give another example，The Public China is setted on 1911，we call it Xin Hai Event. Of course,there is another way to dating in ancien China,it is dating by emperor who rules the country.So we ofen hear like Kangxi 13 years、Yongzheng 5 years and so on.This way is end untill the Maozedong established PRC.