Qixi Festival this year is the earliest in the next 10 years

Xinhua News Agency, Tianjin, August 4th (Reporter Zhou Runjian) We ushered in the annual Qixi Festival on August 4. Experts said that in the next 10 years, the Gregorian date corresponding to the Qixi Festival this year is the earliest.

Member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society Xiu Lipeng introduced that due to the 11 days of the year of the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar year, and the current lunar calendar law, all the Gregorian calendaries corresponding to all lunar calendar festivals are not fixed. Under normal circumstances, the Gregorian date corresponding to the same lunar calendar is either about 10 days in advance of the previous year or the next year, or about 19 days after the previous year or next year. This also leads to the first monthly dates corresponding to the same lunar calendar festival, the earliest difference between one month and the latest.

The statistical results from 1901 to 2100 also confirmed this point. The corresponding Gregorian date of the Qixi Festival fell on July 31st (such as 2006) and the latest August 30th (such as 1987). Therefore, every day from July 31st to August 30th each year is normal.

The Gregorian date of the Gregorian Calendar in 2022 was August 4th, which was the earliest corresponding to the Gregorian calendar from 2015 to 2032. The reason why it is so limited is because the Gregorian date corresponding to the Qixi Festival in 2014 was August 2; the Gregorian date corresponding to the Qixi Festival in 2033 was August 1.

"As of the 100th century of the 21st century, the Qixi Festival appeared three times on July 31 on July 31, in 2006, 2044, and 2082; On August 29th of the Gregorian calendar, there were twice, once in 2025, and one was 2055. "Xiu Lipeng said.

Although the Qixi Festival is erratic during the Gregorian calendar date, this does not affect people's holidays. The Qixi Festival originated from the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Tang and Song dynasties. It has a history of more than 2,000 years in my country. It is the most romantic festival in my country's traditional festivals, also known as "Qiqiao Festival", "Daughter's Day" and "Double Seven Festival".

"Tanabata has been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in my country. We should further tap its cultural connotation, attach importance to manual practice, preach the legend of the cowboy and weaver female, and make this most romantic ancient holiday. "Xiu Lipeng said.

[Editor in charge: Cheng Lan]

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