Is birthdays usually celebrated according to the lunar calendar or the solar calendar?

I celebrate my birthday according to the solar calendar. The reason is simple, because the birthday on the ID card is in the solar calendar.

Everyone has a special day to remember, and that is your birthday. In fact, many people in China have two birthdays. Actually, technically, it's two birthdays. Because, no matter how awesome you are, you can't have two births.

On the moon board, the solar calendar and lunar calendar are marked, so there are two versions every day. For example, today's solar calendar is 2019165438+1October 22nd, and the lunar calendar is1October 26th (Light Snow Festival in the Year of the Pig).

According to the lunar calendar, it is the habit of the elderly to calculate the date. Perhaps in some rural areas, there is still a lifestyle dominated by the lunar calendar. The lunar calendar is the so-called lunar calendar, which is often closely related to agricultural time and solar terms. Therefore, it is understandable that the lunar calendar still has a certain market in rural areas.

In addition, the lunar calendar and traditional festivals in China are also inseparable. Water-splashing Festival on March 3, Dragon Boat Festival on May 5, Clothes-washing Festival on June 6, Daughter's Day on July 7, and Spring Festival on New Year's Day, so many traditional festivals are inseparable from the traditional lunar calendar. Therefore, it is estimated that the lunar calendar will never quit the historical stage.

The current solar calendar was originally a Christian chronology. How many years in A.D., this is generally accepted. The starting point of AD is the birth of Jesus. Why is this arrangement? Because in modern times, Christian civilization has been relatively strong. In addition, due to the rise of modern science led by the west, the study of modern astronomical calendar is more in-depth and more "scientific".

In order to compete for the right to speak in culture, some people imitate Confucius chronology. They call 20 19 the year of 2570 in the Confucius calendar. However, this statement has not been widely adopted by the general public.

It can be seen that the underlying logic of the so-called entanglement between lunar birthday and solar birthday is related to the inheritance of traditional culture. However, celebrating the lunar birthday means not forgetting your roots. Is it stupid to celebrate Sun Day? This understanding is definitely biased.

The inheritance of traditional culture should not only pay attention to form, but also keep pace with the times. Our country now follows the chronological law of AD, which is based on universal standards, rather than eliminating the original lunar calendar law. Celebrating the birthday of the Gregorian calendar does not affect China people's use of the lunar calendar at all, nor does it damage the continuation of traditional festivals and the customs of the Chinese zodiac in China.

It is unacceptable to live on one's laurels; Not learning the advantages of other civilizations, even beggar-thy-neighbor, is also a pedantic performance. As for whether the birthday is a lunar calendar or a solar calendar, this is a non-principled question. So, of course, you can do whatever you want.

However, here, I still encourage China people to use the solar calendar more. Make the past serve the present and make foreign things serve China is not only a slogan, but also a guide in our daily life.