Is the yellow calendar the lunar calendar?

The solar calendar is not a lunar calendar, which is earlier than the solar calendar, and the solar calendar is developed on the basis of the lunar calendar. In addition to indicating that the lunar calendar can indicate the good or bad of a day, it is a calendar composed of Gregorian calendar, lunar calendar and official calendar.

An almanac is also called an almanac because it is bound into volumes. The main contents are the schedule of the 24 solar terms, good luck and bad luck every day, the luck of the zodiac and so on. According to legend, it was created by the Yellow Emperor, so it was called the Yellow Calendar.

In ancient times, the almanac issued by the government announced the year number, festivals and solar terms of the coming year, reflecting the objective laws of natural time changes and meteorological changes, guiding the agricultural production of working people, and also serving as the basis for the signing date of government documents.

Its origin first began from the Warring States to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the almanac was called the Japanese book. In ancient times, the official in charge of astronomical calendar was calculated and published in the name of the emperor, so it was also called imperial calendar, and its content guided farmers' farming opportunities, so it was also called peasant calendar.

After Qing Qianlong succeeded to the throne, it was renamed Shi to avoid its name (). Until the late Qing dynasty. Almanac refers to a reference book that arranges years, months, days and hours according to a certain calendar and indicates solar terms. Because the word "book" in general books is homophonic with the word "lose", it is also called "tong sheng" because it is a taboo. Therefore, in Guangdong, Hongkong and other Cantonese-speaking areas, most people are called Tong Sheng, and some people are called Ji Shu.

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Almanac existed in China at the latest during the Warring States Period as a guide book for people's lives. Thailand has set a five-year period (1328), and there are more than three million official yearbooks.

Ancient almanac was issued by the imperial court, such as Taishiling in Qin and Han Dynasties, Taishiliu in Tang Dynasty, Sitianjian in Song and Yuan Dynasties and Qintianjian in Ming and Qing Dynasties. From the second year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty to the seventh year of Chongzhen (A.D. 1629 to 1634), the Calendar Bureau, under the leadership of Xu Guangqi, hired experts to compile the Calendar of Chongzhen.

When the Qing Dynasty was founded, missionaries sorted out the calendar of Chongzhen and presented it to the Qing emperor as a new book of western calendars. For a long time, studying and studying western astronomy at that time was an important task for astronomers. In the Qing Dynasty, Qin Tianjian promulgated the next year's lunar calendar every year 10/day.

In the past, the Qin Tianjian Committee decided on a new calendar according to whether the calendar was changed to yuan or not, and submitted it to the emperor, who sealed it by decree. All Japanese teachers refer to the imperial imperial prescription book, hang up the hall number and publish the "general book" separately.

The yellow calendar promulgated by the Christian Taiping Heavenly Kingdom deleted all taboos and only marked solar terms and Sundays. The Yellow Calendar promulgated during the reign of Xuan Tong in the Qing Dynasty also prohibited the publication of taboos, taboos, directions, fleeting time and traditional ages.

Since the founding of the Republic of China, official encyclopedias and almanac have been studied and published by fortune tellers all over the country, or their copyrights have been sold to public and private institutions for printing.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), 195 1 Yearbook was published by Xinhua Tong Bookstore, and 1975 Yearbook was jointly published by several publishers and institutions. Because the traditional almanac was regarded as feudal superstition during the Cultural Revolution, the relevant contents of tricks were deleted. After the reform and opening up, it gradually recovered. Most of the popular calendars on the market now are printed by themselves.

During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan Province, there was only "propriety" and no "taboo"; After the Republic of China took over Taiwan Province Province, it resumed the traditional interpretation of good fortune and bad fortune. At present, Taiwan Province Province prints about five or six million copies of the almanac every year, of which more than 80% are gifts.

About two-thirds of almanac and general book in Taiwan Province Province are said to have been inherited from Jichengtang General Book written by Hong Chao and Fujian two hundred years ago. The source of Hong Kong's popularity is Shu Tong of Luo Chuanlie, the "Taoist Temple" in Guangdong.

At present, Hong Kong's almanac is privately printed, and the almanac published by Cai Boli Zhenbu Church is the most famous.

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