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Is it "Lunar New Year" or "Lunisolar New Year"?

Jupiter_the_learner
As the title says, I once saw a comment confirming that Lunisolar is the right term since we are using Lunisolar calendar.

13 comments

aetherialClockwork•
I’ve never heard anyone say lunisolar but that’s technically more accurate to what type of calendar it is. You should just call it Lunar New Year in regular conversation
TeardropsFromHell•
I have only ever heard lunar new year. Also just for reference very few people in America celebrate it or are probably even aware of it.
Intelligent-Site721•
For the record where I live you’re more likely to hear people call it Chinese New Year than Lunar New Year.
SorghumDuke•
You should try to emulate the speech that is commonly used by the majority of people, and not speech that you only saw once in a comment. 
Desperate_Owl_594•
Lunar new year I think Lunisolar new year would confuse people
Guilty_Fishing8229•
It’s usually called Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, depending on who you’re talking too. Like if it’s a Vietnamese person I’d say Lunar; but Chinese people I say Chinese new year. Don’t ask me why. I honestly don’t know
SnooDonkeys2721•
I’ve never heard of Lunisolar before, even if it’s technically correct the vast majority of people probably haven’t either. Definitely stick with Lunar to avoid confusion
BubbhaJebus•
Though the traditional Chinese calendar is an amalgamation of lunar and solar elements (e.g., the months are lunar while solstices, equinoxes, and the other "solar terms - 節氣" are solar), thus making it a lunisolar calendar, Chinese New Year itself is purely lunar in nature. "Lunar New Year" is therefore more appropriate. However, "Chinese New Year" is more widely understood.
ntnlwyn•
It’s Lunar
Tetno_2•
Never heard of Lunisolar. Some say Chinese but it’s better to say Lunar New Year
longknives•
In our culture which is dominated by the solar calendar, I think any calendar that significantly incorporates lunar events will be thought of as a lunar calendar. You would only distinguish a calendar as lunisolar if you’re contrasting it with a purely lunar calendar. In the same way that we might speak of soda as a sugary drink despite water being the biggest ingredient, we tend to assume a baseline and then use words to contrast from that. When basically everything you drink is primarily water, you talk about what the *other* ingredients are.
sophisticaden_•
Both are correct.
tomalator•
What calendar are you using? AFAIK it's a lunar calendar that most Asian cultures use that have the lunar new year coming up. The only lunisolar calendar I know of is the one Christianity uses to determine the date of Easter. It's the first Sunday after the first full moon (lunar) after the spring equinox (solar). Everyone will know what you're talking about if you call it lunar new year.