Why don't traditional festivals in China adopt the solar calendar?

Because our country is based on the lunar calendar, which is the lunar calendar. 1949 adopts the Gregorian calendar after its establishment. So many traditional festivals are lunar calendars.

Lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China, also known as lunar calendar, Chinese calendar, summer calendar, Han calendar and national calendar. It is a kind of yin-yang calendar, with the cycle of the moon phase as the month length and the year of the return of the sun as the age. By setting 24 solar terms and leap months, the average calendar year adapts to the tropic year. According to the Chinese ancestor Xuanyuan Huangdi ascended the throne as the first year, our traditional calendar is 2698 years earlier than the Gregorian calendar, and AD +2698 is the year of our traditional calendar.

There are many records about the lunar calendar in ancient books and Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and a large number of historical records record that the lunar calendar began in the era of the Yellow Emperor. It is generally believed that the calendar rule of the integration of yin and yang in the lunar calendar originated from the Shang Dynasty. 19 12 years, China began to adopt the western calendar and the traditional calendar of China. As China people attach importance to traditional culture, the Gregorian calendar year is of great significance to a country and a nation, and more and more people in China support it. During the Republic of China, the People's Daily founded by the League adopted the calendar of the Yellow Emperor. After Wuchang Uprising, Hubei military government also adopted calendar year system. Provincial governments have followed suit. After Sun Wen became the interim president of the Republic of China, he promulgated regulations: the Republic of China changed to the solar calendar, and the first year of the lunar calendar was 4609, that is, 19 1 1 year1month 13, and both calendars were used. As an important carrier of China culture, the lunar calendar has had a far-reaching impact. In 20 15, the National People's Congress proposed to improve the status of China's traditional calendar again, which caused heated discussion in society.