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Ask the names of the animals of the zodiac.

The zodiac signs are Zi (mouse), Ugly (ox), Yin (tiger), Mao (rabbit), Chen (dragon), Si (snake), Wu (horse), Wei (sheep), Shen (monkey), You (chicken), Xu (dog) and Hai.

1, son (mouse)

The mouse is the first of the traditional Chinese zodiac in China. This is also a cultural custom. Zodiac years are: 2044, 2032, 2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, 1948, 65438.

In 2020, there will be a "leap April" in the Year of the Rat in the Chinese Gengzi, with 384 days. The year of the Rat is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the Zodiac is attached to the calendar year of the main branch, and the calendar year of the main branch is the calendar year method of the main branch. The same is true of the official almanac of past dynasties (that is, the Yellow Calendar).

2. Ugly (cow)

The Year of the Ox is a method for calculating years in China calendar. All years when the remainder of 5 is divided by AD 12 are the Year of the Ox. Cattle is one of the China 12 Zodiacs, ranking second.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1937, 1949, 196 1 year, 1973, 1985, 1997 and 2009. The Year of the Ox is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the Zodiac is attached to the calendar year of the main branch, and the calendar year of the main branch is the calendar year method of the main branch. The same is true of the official almanac of past dynasties (that is, the Yellow Calendar).

3. Yin (tiger)

The Year of the Tiger is determined according to the traditional calendar of China. The "tiger" in the zodiac corresponds to the yin in the twelve earthly branches. The year of the tiger is a cloudy year, and every twelve years is regarded as a cycle. For example, Gregorian calendar 20 10 basically corresponds to the year of the tiger, which is the year of Gengyin.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 20 10, 2022, 2034, 2022. Note that the above is only a rough correspondence, because the Gregorian calendar and the elephant trunk calendar in China, which are widely used in the world, are two different calendars. Gregorian calendar starts from 65438+ 10/month 1, while lunar calendar starts from the date when beginning of spring built silver moon. Generally speaking, that day in beginning of spring is equivalent to February 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar every year.