What does the lunar calendar mean?

The lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China, which is also called lunar calendar, lunar calendar, summer calendar and Han calendar. The lunar calendar is a calendar based on the lunar calendar and combined with the solar calendar.

Generally speaking, there will be two different dates on the same day on the calendar. In fact, this is because the timing method is different. One is the Gregorian calendar era, and the other is the traditional calendar of our country-the lunar calendar. So let me tell you what the lunar calendar means.

Details 0 1 Lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China, which is also called lunar calendar, Chinese calendar, summer calendar and Han calendar. The lunar calendar is a calendar based on the lunar calendar and combined with the solar calendar. Look at the changing cycle of the moon, and set the date according to the 24 solar terms and the turnover of the sun. If there are years with different lengths, set the leap month balance day.

Due to the combination of yin and yang in the lunar calendar and the periodic relationship between the sun, the moon and the earth, the lunar calendar is divided into leap years and peace years. Twelve months in a normal year and thirteen months in a leap year. The difference between two years is one month. Months can also be divided into big months and small months. There are 30 days in the big moon and 29 days in the small moon. That's why some people celebrate their Lunar Birthdays in China only once every few years.

There are many calendars used in China, such as the ancient Ganzhi calendar, Xia calendar, Yin calendar (Shang calendar), Zhou Li and taichu calendar in the Western Han Dynasty and Dayan calendar in the Tang Dynasty. Almost every dynasty made calendars. Although some calendars are not used, they are all brief records of astronomy and climate at that time, so they have also contributed to medicine, mathematics and astronomy, and are also important materials for modern research on different changes in ancient times.

The establishment of the lunar calendar is based on the shoulders of the existing lunar calendar and solar calendar, combined with the characteristics of both calendars. Four hundred years ago, Tang Ruowang and European Christian priests, as well as the first batch of Catholics in China, jointly compiled the Western New Law Almanac, which is the source of the modern lunar calendar.