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Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year". A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the lunar phases (the moon). Because there are slightly more than twelve lunations (synodic months) in a solar year, the period of 12 lunar months (354.37 days) is sometimes ... ................
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