Chinese lunar calendar calendar is how to make, what is the rule of thumb

Lunar Calendar is China's traditional calendar, but also the summer calendar, Han calendar, Chinese calendar, national calendar and other names, is a lunar calendar, take the moon phase of the cycle of change that is the lunar month for the length of the month, reference to the solar return year for the length of the year, through the setting of intercalary month in order to make the average calendar year and the return of the year to adapt, in accordance with the Chinese ancestor Regulus ascends to the throne of the first year , this year is the lunar calendar! Kaiyuan 4713 Bingshen monkey year (Xiyuan 2016), China's traditional calendar than the Western calendar 2697 years earlier, with the Xiyuan year + 2697 is both the year of China's traditional calendar.

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