What month is the first month? Is it January or February?

The first month refers to the first month of the lunar calendar in China.

On the first day of the first lunar month, it is the traditional Spring Festival of many ethnic groups in China, such as the Han nationality.

The first month is divided into solar calendar and lunar calendar. In the spoken language of the masses, the first month usually refers to the first month of the lunar calendar, and the masses are used to paying attention to the contents of the lunar calendar such as the fifteenth day of the first month.

Lunar calendar refers to the lunar calendar. The first month of the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first lunar month, and the first day of the first lunar month of the solar calendar begins on the second day of beginning of spring. It's about the 24 solar terms and the establishment of December. The earliest first month is the establishment of solar terms, so the earliest first month is the first month of the solar calendar.

Later, the relevant month of the lunar calendar was called the first month of the lunar calendar, and the first month of the solar calendar in the summer calendar was silver moon, including beginning of spring and rain in the 24 solar terms. The lunar month with 15 or 16 days after beginning of spring is determined.

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Lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China. It is not a pure lunar calendar, but a combined calendar of yin and yang. The change cycle of the lunar phase in the lunar calendar, that is, the length of the moon, plus the "24 solar terms" component of the dry calendar, refers to the length of the solar tropical year. By setting leap months, the average calendar year will adapt to the tropic year.

The lunar calendar is a calendar based on the lunar calendar (summer calendar) and combined with the solar calendar.

Gregorian calendar (solar calendar): The annual apparent movement period of the sun is one year, and each year is divided into 12 months, which has nothing to do with the movement of the moon. According to the date of the solar calendar, we can know the changes of the four seasons from cold to summer, and guide agriculture reasonably. Gregorian calendar is a kind of solar calendar.

The first month of the lunar calendar is customarily called the first month. November and December of the lunar calendar are called winter month and twelfth month respectively. The first ten days of a lunar month are customarily called the first day in sequence, such as the second day of the first month. The fifteenth day of the first month (Lantern Festival) is called the fifteenth day of the first month, and the 21st to 29th day is customarily called the 20th day.

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