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LemonLord ,
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It's chinese new year? Why they call it lunar year? Yes I know their calendar is running by the moon. Is "lunar year" ultra-woke to avoid a "ugly" word like "chinese"? An other case of woke racism?

LemonLord ,
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Sorry, today it's New Year in the Chinese Calendar. It's celebrated by Chinese all over the world. And it's not even a really "lunar" calendar. More precise is to call it a "lunar-solar" calendar. Racism, not accuracy.

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Who is "we"? Cancel Culture! Haha.

LemonLord ,
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Happy New Chinese Year!

LemonLord ,
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Ok, you are woke and use this words. This is ok. But you are wrong to call it a lunar year, because the chinese calendar is lunisonal. Ask Chat-GPT. So you can call it a lunisonal year.

LemonLord ,
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If you call it a "lunar year" you don't know what it is. Simple. I would call it in the language of this people "Chūnjié".

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"Lunar year" is a western term. This makes it difficult for me, because I don't want to say to a chinese restaurant guy how he has to name his celebrations. A lunar calendar is from western perspective even more primitive. You can't use it for farming, because the seasons drift through the "lunar year". The chinese calendar is a typical farming calendar which has solved this problem. Lunisolar. Lunar the month, the year solar. If you know this lunar alone sounds arrogant or non-knowing. In my ears. In my life I only know Chinese who celebrate this. Everybody wants to know the animal of the year. There is even astrology. I don't want to mix this with other cultures. The right-woke way is to ask the people how they name this. Then using their words. If you name it "lunar year" then it's ok for me. But I would to know the original name in your culture. I like to know new words. Thank you for your wishes.

LemonLord ,
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Lunar year is an english term. And the problem is you mix other cultures with the chinese. The Chinese year starts with a lunar event, new moon, but the years are orientated by the sol. The term "lunar year" is wrong if you refer it to the chinese calendar. If you want to mix "all lunar calendars" this makes no sense beside the woke motivation. They invent names for christmas without christ. And of course chinese culture is under fire and voilà they name the biggest chinese cultural event with a new name. This can be criticized.

LemonLord ,
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No. Every three years there's an additional month to synchronize the calendar with the sol-year. So they mixed moon- and solyear.

Years ago the world I knew used the term "Chinese New Year". Now your term is quite more often used by media. I think there is purpose not to bring positive news from this land. Words can be weapons.

LemonLord ,
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But this they don't say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.

LemonLord ,
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https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/351-sync-your-counter-across-devices

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