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Why is November in the lunar calendar called the winter moon?

November in the lunar calendar is the winter solstice in the 24 solar terms, so November in the lunar calendar is also called the winter month. The lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China, and it is also known as the official calendar, the Chinese calendar, the summer calendar and the Chinese calendar. Lunar calendar is a kind of lunar calendar, which is usually called lunar calendar by mistake. The lunar calendar takes the change cycle of the moon phase, that is, the length of the moon is one month, plus the "24 solar terms" of the elephant calendar, and takes the length of the tropical year of the sun as the year. By setting leap months, the average calendar year adapts to the tropic year. Lunar calendar is a calendar based on China calendar (lunar calendar) and integrated with solar calendar. So strictly speaking, the lunar calendar in China should not be called lunar calendar, but a combination of yin and yang.

Calendar is based on the natural law of astronomical changes, to measure a long time interval, to judge the climate change, and to predict the coming season. According to the calendar year and month, it is divided into solar calendar, lunar calendar and yin-yang calendar. There are three kinds of calendars: lunar calendar, solar calendar and yin-yang calendar. In the lunar calendar, its basic calendar rules have been gradually improved and formed by generations, and its form has continued to this day. The calendar with the moon as the basic unit is the lunar calendar, and the calendar with the solar year as the basic unit is the solar calendar. Lunar calendar is a kind of calendar formed by integrating solar calendar elements on the basis of summer calendar (lunar calendar).