Is the lunar calendar the same as the lunar calendar? What is the difference?

Different, the difference is as follows:

1, different times

The normal year of the lunar calendar is twelve months, with 354 days or 355 days in the whole year. The solar calendar has 365 days in a normal year and 366 days in a leap year, which occurs every four years.

2. The number of days is different

The length of a calendar month is determined by the astronomical phenomena. The big month is the 30th and the small month is the 29th. Gregorian calendar month 3 1 day, month 30 days. The special February 28 is 28 days in a normal year and 29 days in a leap year.

3. Different names

Lunar calendar is commonly known as lunar calendar. It is usually called the first day of a month, such as the eighth, ninth and tenth day of September; Mid-month: September 15, 16; The end of the month is September 30th, and the word "day" is not added after the address.

Gregorian calendar is also called Gregorian calendar, which is usually called one day a month, such as March 12, April 20, May 3 1 day, and the time must be followed by the word "day".

Extended data:

It was not until the eighth century that Christian countries in western Europe began to use the Gregorian calendar. Even the Pope has been using his rule to record documents for chronology. It was not until 1 1 century and14th century that the concept of western yuan became popular.

It was also the result of European colonization that AD became the mainstream of the world, and it also spread the Gregorian calendar and became an internationally recognized standard of chronology.

People's Republic of China (PRC)'s calendar and calendar year adopt the Gregorian calendar of most countries in the world, but it still uses the traditional lunar calendar of China, which was decided by the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference in September. 1949.

At the meeting, everyone agreed to adopt the common calendar system in most countries in the modern world, that is, the year of New China should be in the western calendar year. On September 27th, the second of the four resolutions adopted at the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference was: "The calendar year in People's Republic of China (PRC) adopts the western year".