Is the Lunar New Year unique to China? Do other countries use the solar calendar?

Historically, all countries influenced by the Chinese cultural circle, and all countries included in China's tribute system, have a lunar calendar.

For example, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar and so on. Or use the same lunar calendar as China.

It should be noted here that Japanese also adopted the lunar calendar of China.

When China was prosperous in history, the Japanese were proud to spend the Spring Festival in China and regarded the Spring Festival in China as the Japanese New Year, which was also adopted by other traditional festivals in China. Before 604- 1684, five China calendars were used in Japan, which lasted 1 100 years. History is called Five Biographies of the Han Dynasty. 1685- 187 1 year, Japanese scholars used their own calendars (lunar calendar) according to the China calendar method;

After Meiji Restoration, the influence of strong western culture on Japan increased, while the influence of China culture on Japan decreased. 1872, the Meiji government of Japan announced the abolition of the lunar calendar based on the China calendar and the implementation of the Gregorian calendar (i.e., Gregorian calendar). The solar terms restricted by the Gregorian calendar are calculated in advance according to the Gregorian calendar date, such as Gregorian calendar 1 Celebrating the New Year, Dragon Boat Festival on May 5, and Double Ninth Festival on September 9. In order to make people gradually accept the new calendar, the original calendar was all combined with the old calendar, and it was not until the lunar calendar 1909 that Japanese society completely abandoned it.

From 1872, the Japanese New Year changed from the Spring Festival in China to the New Year's Day in the new year. Every year from 65438+February 29th to 65438+1October 3rd is the legal New Year holiday in Japan, during which the Japanese will celebrate and welcome the New Year.