According to experts, the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) and the traditional Chinese lunar calendar are used at the same time. The Spring Festival is fixed on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year, but its date in the Gregorian calendar is not fixed.. I sorted out why the Chinese New Year in 2020 is so much ahead of schedule. I hope it can help you.
Why is the 2020 Chinese new year so much earlier
According to experts, the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) and the traditional Chinese lunar calendar are used at the same time. The Spring Festival is fixed on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year, but its date in the Gregorian calendar is not fixed.
In the Gregorian calendar, the earth's revolution around the sun is a return year, 365 days in normal years and 366 days in leap years. The traditional Chinese lunar calendar is based on the cycle of the moon's roundness and vacancy. The 12-month period is 353 ~ 355 days, about 11 days less than that of the Yang calendar year.
If the difference in the number of days between the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is allowed to continue,
That's bound to happen
The phenomenon of Spring Festival in summer.
The leap moon was born
In order to keep the Spring Festival relatively stable in the Gregorian calendar,
Every few years,
A leap month will be set in the lunar calendar.
In that case,
If there is no leap month in the previous lunar year,
Then the Spring Festival next year will be about 11 days ahead of the previous year;
If there was a leap month in the last lunar calendar,
The Spring Festival next year will be about 19 days later than the previous year.
This year's Spring Festival is calculated according to this method,
The change of the date of the Lunar New Year is also very clear.
Why is the Chinese new year so early this year
It also seems to come out
2016 (lunar year of the monkey) is a lunar year,
There are 355 days in the whole year, 11 days less than the Gregorian new year,
So,
The Spring Festival in 2017 (the year of the rooster in the lunar calendar) will be 11 days earlier than last year.
Last year's Spring Festival fell on February 8,
This year naturally moved to January 28.
The corresponding dates of the Lunar New Year and the Gregorian calendar vary greatly,
"The earliest Spring Festival" appeared on January 21 of the Gregorian calendar,
So,
This year's Spring Festival is not too early.
From the astronomical calendar,
Usher in the Spring Festival in January,
The last year was 2014,
The corresponding Gregorian date is January 31,
The next year is 2020,
The corresponding Gregorian date is January 25.
In fact, I'm still curious about the Spring Festival in summer
But maybe the Spring Festival will be lost
Original tradition and fun
After all, the Spring Festival should be
His face was red with cold
Set off firecrackers in the snow
The family gathered around the table and ate a hot new year's Eve dinner
This is the flavor we like!