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.

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

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 first fifteen days of the lunar calendar.

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 twenty-four 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 rainfall in the 24 solar terms. The lunar month with 15 or 16 days after beginning of spring was found.

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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 period of the lunar phase in the lunar calendar, that is, the length of the moon, plus the "24 solar terms" of the calendar, refers to the length of the tropical year of the sun. By setting leap months, the average calendar year adapts to the tropic year.

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

Gregorian calendar (solar calendar): The annual apparent movement cycle 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 that the four seasons change 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 turn, 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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