How many years does leap April occur (how many years does leap February occur)

I know the saying of leap month. This year, 2020 is still a leap April. I wonder how often this leap in April happens. How on earth did you figure out that April is a leap month?

In what year did leap April occur?

There are no fixed intervals.

As a kind of lunar calendar, the number of days in each month depends on the monthly loss, and the time of one year is based on 12 months. In order to approach the earth's orbit around the sun, that is, the tropical year, one month is added every two to three years. The added month is leap month, and the specific leap month is determined according to the 24 solar terms. Therefore, the number of years when leap April occurs is not fixed. According to the leap April year around 2 1 century, it usually occurs once every eight years or 1 1 year.

How is leap April determined?

1, first determine whether it is a leap year.

The general rules for judging leap years in Gregorian calendar are: leap once every four years, not leap for a hundred years, and leap again every four hundred years. For example, a leap year can be divided by four in a normal year, such as a leap year in 2020, and only in a leap year will there be one more month.

2. Then determine which month is a leap month.

It is determined that the leap month of the lunar calendar is divided into 24 solar terms and moderate qi, such as beginning of spring, Jingzhe, Qingming, Changxia, Mangzhong, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu, beginning of winter, heavy snow and slight cold, which are called "solar terms"; The last solar terms (rain, vernal equinox, Grain Rain, Xiaoman, Summer Solstice, Great Summer, Early Summer, Autumn Equinox, Early Frost, Light Snow, Winter Solstice and Great Cold) are called "Zhongqi". In 2020, only May of the lunar calendar will not be neutral, so the next April will be leap April.

What does leap April mean?

Leap April refers to the leap month after April.

The lunar calendar has 12 months in a normal year and 13 months in a leap year, but there is no thirteenth month in the lunar calendar. Therefore, according to the rules of leap month calendar, emissions will be repeated from February to the same month after 10. The repeated month is leap month, and this year's leap month is in April, so the next month after April is called leap April, and the next month is May, which is equivalent to 13 months of the lunar calendar.

What's so particular about leap April?

1, not suitable for marriage

Because China's traditional thought "four" and "death" are homophonic, getting married in April means disharmony and easy separation. But choosing the wedding date is just a flattering statement. To really see whether marriage is suitable or not, it needs to be suitable for both men and women, not too superstitious. Moreover, bloom is warm in April and the weather is comfortable, so it is a good time to get married.

2, send parents leap moon shoes

Folk have "leap-moon shoes, leap-moon shoes, and leap-moon old people live for a thousand years." It is said that in some areas, children should buy a pair of shoes for their parents in leap years and leap months to repay the kindness of parenting and pray for their parents' health and safety. In some areas, in leap month, married daughters should buy shoes for their mothers and wish their parents a long life.

3. Go back to your mother's house for a leap moon meal.

Leap moon meal is also called six-parent meal. Every year in the leap month of leap year, the bride's family will invite her married daughter home for dinner. Please when your parents are alive; If parents are not alive, they will be invited by their brothers, which means family reunion and happiness.

4. The bride's family gave her daughter an umbrella and a banana fan.

In some places, the bride's family will also give her daughter an umbrella and a banana fan in leap month, which means that the bride's family is her daughter's umbrella. I wish her daughter an early birth and make money for her husband's family.

5. Women drink leap moon tea.

Wuyishan area has the custom of drinking tea in leap moon, and mainly women drink tea, men can't participate, and only women are qualified to sit at the table. The peasant women in the village took turns to hold a banquet for tea and invited female guests from nearby villages to sit at the table. Replacing wine with tea at a tea banquet, offering tea to each other and chatting while drinking can play a role in harmonizing feelings and promoting neighborhood harmony.

6, avoid moving the grave

In some areas, it is a custom to avoid moving graves in leap months. It is said that leap month is an extra month, in which the gates of hell cannot be closed. People who die in leap months should be buried until next month.

7. Send mom trotters and noodles.

There is a leap month custom in Taiwan Province province, that is, a married daughter needs to buy a pair of pig feet and noodles for her family, usually two former pig feet and six noodles with red silk thread and spring flowers tied on them.

The above customs of leap in April are all the customs left over from the traditional older generation. We can continue to carry forward the good customs and publicize the good practice of respecting and filial piety for the elderly, but I suggest that you don't pay too much attention to those superstitious practices.