What's the difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar? Consider these three points before deciding.

Finalized: Ouyang Biwen

Everyone has a birthday, but everyone has a different view on it. In our traditional custom, only old people pay attention to birthdays, and children are not qualified to pay attention to ostentation and extravagance.

However, with the development and progress of society and the impact and integration of various cultures, more and more parents now like to celebrate their children's birthdays. People usually celebrate their children's birthdays in the solar calendar.

However, for the old people, this is very annoying. In their minds, birthdays are naturally calculated according to the traditional lunar calendar. So many generations celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar. Now why do they start celebrating their birthdays in the solar calendar?

Don't think this is a trivial matter, because there are many families that have caused conflicts.

I've encountered something similar before. My cousin had an argument with her mother-in-law because she gave her child a birthday.

At that time, I was going to celebrate my baby's sixth birthday, just not far from the day when the child went to primary school. Before, my cousin paid attention to celebrating the baby when she was one year old, and she didn't care much about the rest of her birthdays.

This time, my cousin felt that when the child grew up, it happened to be going to primary school. This 6 th birthday is better.

She also thinks it's simple. Her birthday happens to be the weekend. During the day, she took the children to the playground first, bought gifts in the afternoon, and invited her family to have a good meal together in the evening. This birthday is over.

Thinking of this, my cousin contacted her mother-in-law first, thinking of letting the old couple come over for a lively weekend.

When my mother-in-law heard that it was a birthday for her child, her first reaction was whether to celebrate the lunar calendar or the solar calendar. Cousin also paused, which she had never noticed before. But when I think about it, now the child's household registration book, ID card and birth certificate are all in the solar calendar, and the birthday is naturally also in the solar calendar.

What I said was strongly opposed by my mother-in-law, which was unexpected by my cousin. Even more embarrassing is yet to come, knowing that my cousin has arranged the child's birthday, my mother-in-law didn't show up at all at the weekend.

Cousin is in distress situation. She didn't expect her mother-in-law to be so determined just because of a child's birthday. At the same time, my cousin is really angry and thinks her mother-in-law is really unreasonable.

But my mother-in-law is also very upset. How to spend such a big birthday according to the solar calendar? Can things passed down from generation to generation be changed at will? So, we have to celebrate the solar calendar in the future?

In fact, not only my cousin, but also a treasure mother in our group has vomited similar questions before. Everyone chooses the birthday of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar for the baby. Before that, I really didn't realize that this problem was quite serious.

Let's talk about the difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar.

The solar calendar we are using now should actually be called "new calendar", which is a general Gregorian calendar chronology.

Corresponding to the "new calendar" is the "old calendar", which is a traditional calendar in China, but the lunar calendar is actually a "yin-yang calendar" which is a combination of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar. The solar calendar here is not a new calendar.

With the popularity of Gregorian calendar, people are used to calling this global "new calendar" solar calendar, while our traditional calendar is called "lunar calendar". This is the difference between the solar calendar and the lunar calendar that we often say at present.

In the traditional concept of the elderly, it is natural to advocate that birthdays should be counted according to the lunar calendar. After all, this is a tradition, and birthday is also a traditional custom. In fact, the birthday of the elderly really comes according to the lunar calendar.

But many young people have different ideas, because they are used to using the new calendar (solar calendar). Generally, the solar calendar is used to calculate the date, which is easier to remember. So birthdays are naturally biased towards the solar calendar.

Simply put, whether it is a lunar birthday or a solar birthday, there is no problem and it is understandable.

First of all, we should understand that there is nothing special about birthdays in either the lunar calendar or the solar calendar, which one depends entirely on families and individuals.

1) traditional family, choose the lunar calendar.

If the family is more traditional, or the husband and wife live with the baby and the old man, and the old man values this very much, then there is no need to oppose the old man, and it is just as well to choose the lunar calendar for the baby's birthday. After all, happiness is the most important day.

2) Young families choose the solar calendar.

If it is a young family, a family of three lives alone, and the elderly are not very concerned or entangled in this respect, then the solar calendar is also a good choice. Birthdays in the solar calendar are relatively easy to remember, which is also a trend. There are more children celebrating their birthdays in the solar calendar.

3) Good communication is the key

For children, in fact, whether it is a lunar birthday or a solar birthday, there is no difference. Because the contradiction in this family is really not worth the loss. If it's really difficult to discuss, it's good to pass both. Children must be happier.

Many parents don't realize the true meaning of giving their baby a birthday. Most of them follow the crowd, thinking that other people's children have birthdays and their own children have birthdays, that's all.

In fact, children's birthdays are really important. This matter may be nothing to adults, but it is of great significance to children.

Children may not want much for their birthdays, but truth, freedom and simplicity are enough. The most important thing is this sense of ceremony. This little thing may be the most unforgettable moment in children's memory.

Therefore, parents should try their best to arrange an unforgettable birthday for their children as long as conditions permit. It may not cost much, but it will be remembered by children for life. And there are several special ages. Birthdays must be focused.

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Birthdays are actually far more important to children than parents think. In contrast, celebrating the lunar or solar calendar is less important. Parents should not dwell on this. On the contrary, it is more important to prepare a ceremonial and unforgettable birthday for children.