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Why do traditional festivals in China adopt the lunar 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.

Traditional festivals in China are calculated according to the lunar calendar and have nothing to do with the solar calendar. 1, the first day of the first month: Spring Festival. In ancient times, there were more than 30 names such as Yuanri, New Year's Day, Jacky, Chen Yuan, Yuanshuo, Sanyuan, Sancheng, Zheng Dan and Zhengshuo. 2. The fifth day of the first month? Shen Lu's birthday. 3. The 15th day of the first month: Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival). 4. The second day of February: Spring Dragon Festival: also called Dragon Head-up: Qinglong Festival. May and February 15: Flower Festival. 6. The day before Tomb-Sweeping Day: Cold Food Festival. 7. The third day of March: Shangsi Festival: The legendary Empress Dowager held a flat peach party. 8. Day15th after the vernal equinox: Tomb-Sweeping Day (now April 5th in the solar calendar). 9. the eighth day of April: Buddha's birthday, also known as the festival of the ox. After this day, the cows will go to the fields. 10, fifth day of May: Dragon Boat Festival. 1 1, summer solstice. 12, June 6: Sunbathing Festival "June 6, sunbathing in red and green." "Aunt's Day" and "June 6th, invite your aunt" are another festivals in ancient times, called Tiangong Festival, and June 6th is also a festival of Buddhist temples, called Fan Jing Festival. . 13, July 7th,: commonly known as Chinese Valentine's Day, July 7th, Begging for Skills Festival. 14, July 15: Zhongyuan Festival, also known as Ghost Festival and Arahara Festival. . 15, July 30th: Dizang Festival. 16, August 15: Mid-Autumn Festival. 17, September 9th: Double Ninth Festival. 18, the first day of October: October dynasty, also known as ancestor worship festival. 19, 10 month 15 day: next yuan festival. 20. 1 1 22nd of the month: the solstice in winter. 2 1,1February 8: Laba Festival. 22. Twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month: Festival of offering sacrifices to stoves, commonly known as "off-year", also known as off-year, off-year and off-year festivals. 23. The last day of the twelfth lunar month: In addition to the daytime, the night of this day is called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, Big Festival Night, Great Fatigue, etc. People call it New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

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