By Julie
Chinese count days in two kinds of calendar: lunar calendar and solar one. Festivals celebrated in different days of different calendar.
Lunar calendar is popular in countryside. For example, there are fairs that farmers exchange their planted specialty or raised goods every other day(s) and the date of such deals is decided by lunar calendar. Another case is that: After Dragon-Boat Day (May 5th in Lunar Calendar) to about late July (in lunar calendar) relatives and friends visit each other, and different villages fix different day to celebrate such a get-together. Of course, two or more villages can’t avoid celebrating it in same day. Such gatherings are often hold with local entertainment that Qin Opera is shown in our home town every year. According to lunar calendar, there are spring festival (January 1st), Dragon Boat Day (May 5th) , Middle- Autumn Day (August 15th) , Laba Day (November 8th) etc.
Solar calendar keeps same with the international
date. Great events happened in our country are recorded with it. Such as
Womens Day, Planting Day (March 12th), Consumers Day (March 15th ) , May
Day, Student Day ( September 1st), Teacher Day (September 10th) New Year
Day.