Lunar year of the dog

Zodiac Dog Stamps of the Reform Movement of 1898 in 2022

Did the zodiac start in beginning of spring?

It has always been controversial whether the zodiac began on the first day of the first lunar month or in beginning of spring.

Folklorists believe that the zodiac should start on the first day of the first month of the Yellow calendar, that is, after 24 o'clock on New Year's Eve, and enter the Year of the Dog at 0: 00 am on the first day of the first month (February 16, 2022).

However, numerologists believe that the zodiac should follow the solar terms. From beginning of spring, that is, at 05: 28 on February 4, 2022, this beginning of spring time belongs to the punctuality node of Sanyang Kaitai in the Central Plains, and children born after this time node belong to dogs.

Ming Xuanzong's hound map; Harbin Art Museum, USA

Historically, the first month of each dynasty was not fixed. In ancient China, some people changed the "new moon", that is, the first month of the year, while the "new moon" refers to the first day of January. Changing "Zhengshuo" means that every time a dynasty changes, in order to show the legitimacy of imperial power, the new dynasty will re-establish "Zhengshuo". "Book of Rites": "Weight, measurement, correction, easy to wear color, unique emblem, different devices, different clothes, this income is also related to the civil reform."

In the Xia dynasty, the first month was from winter to the second month in the future. According to the calendar year of the dry branch, it was a "cloudy" month, which was equivalent to the first month of the current yellow calendar. Shang dynasty revised the new moon and pushed the previous month, that is, the "ugly" month; The Zhou Dynasty revised the new moon and pushed the previous month, that is, the "sub-month"; Qin Shihuang revised the new moon and changed the first month to "Hai" month, which is equivalent to 10 month in the current yellow calendar; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the promulgation of a new calendar, namely "Li Han", also known as "taichu calendar", and changed it to the summer calendar, which has been in use ever since.

Twenty-four solar terms are natural seasons, which are produced according to a series of astronomical phenological changes caused by different angles and times of receiving sunlight when the earth revolves around the sun.

The zodiac should start in beginning of spring. Because the zodiac belongs to the eight-character system, it is calculated according to each node of the 24 solar terms. On the first day of the first month, the judgment point of a person's zodiac is not accurately calculated. Only when the judgment point is clear can the whole system run completely. Then, when the sun reaches 3 15 in beginning of spring, one of 24 solar terms, the climate and the five elements begin to change at this node, so the zodiac should start from beginning of spring.

Therefore, children born after beginning of spring at 05: 28 on February 4, 2022 should belong to dogs.

The above is about the year when the dog was born, and it is about the sharing of the zodiac. After reading the year of the dog, I hope it will help everyone!