Do people in China celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar or the solar calendar?

In China, everyone has two birthdays, one in the lunar calendar and the other in the solar calendar. The specific birthday is different in each province and city and needs to be determined according to local customs.

Birthday is celebrated in the lunar calendar or the solar calendar, depending on personal preferences and environmental conditions. Both the solar calendar and the lunar calendar are a way to calculate the date. Most people use the lunar calendar to calculate their age, but there are also some places where the situation is different. As long as you can share your joy with your relatives and friends, everyone will be very happy to spend their birthdays together, whether it is the lunar calendar or the solar calendar.

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If you want to follow the traditional culture and customs of our country, you'd better celebrate your birthday on the lunar calendar:

1. Lunar calendar is a unique calendar in China. It is actually a kind of yin-yang calendar, based on the solar year in the form of full moon and leap moon.

2. China people are very particular about birthdays, but birthdays can only be calculated by the date of birth in the lunar calendar, and it is impossible to be particular about the date of birth in the solar calendar.

3. Traditional festivals in China are based on the lunar calendar, taboos in China are based on the lunar calendar, and auspicious days are also based on the lunar calendar.

Zodiac is very important in China people's mind, and people's zodiac is based on the lunar calendar.

Most old people celebrate their birthdays in the lunar calendar and remember their children's birthdays in the lunar calendar. People celebrate their birthdays, partly to celebrate and bless themselves, and partly to commemorate the difficulties of mother's pregnancy in October and parents' upbringing.