Happy #ChineseNewYear everybody!

To celebrate, I'm going to make an epic thread explaining how #XinNian is determined.

(And as I've said before, today is not #LunarNewYear, because the Chinese calendar is not lunar, it's #lunisolar. It's also not the only calendar that ties the months to the phases of the #moon).

So let's begin.

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People are referring to today as "#LunarNewYear".

It is not. The Chinese calendar is #lunisolar, not lunar. This means that, while the calendar months match the cycle of the moon, New Year is ALSO determined by the position of the sun.

#ChineseNewYear #XinNian

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