Ugly year

In the traditional calendar of China, the second year of a cycle is called "ugly year". In each AD year, if the number of years is divided by more than 60, or if the number of years is reduced by 3, the remainder divided by 10 is 2, and the remainder divided by 12 is 2. All the years from beginning of spring in that year to beginning of spring in the following year are "Ugly Years". The last two years are 1925 and 1985.

The chronology of cadres and branches starts from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the chronology of cadres and branches is the chronology of the calendar of cadres and branches. The same is true of the official almanac (that is, the Yellow Calendar). Since the Republic of China, the lunar calendar has only used branches to record the year, which ranges from the first day of the first month to New Year's Eve, which is indisputable. Lunar calendar and trunk calendar are two different calendars, which are different in the starting point of a year, the division rules of months and the number of days in a year. Due to the use of the Gregorian calendar after the Republic of China, many people, including a few so-called experts, lack calendar knowledge, so the two are often confused.

The trunk calendar is a calendar marked with 60 different heavenly stems and earthly branches, which is a unique solar calendar in China. It takes beginning of spring as the beginning of the year and divides the year into twelve months and twenty-four solar terms. Every month contains two solar terms, and there is no leap month. The dry calendar is related to the periodic movement of the earth around the sun, which can reflect the climate change in a year. Since ancient times, the trunk and branch calendars have been widely recognized by the government and people, and have been applied to astronomy, geomantic omen, numerology, choice and traditional Chinese medicine, and recorded in the official almanac of past dynasties (that is, the yellow calendar). Taking Qing Dynasty official history book Qing Shi Lu as an example, the official years in the book are divided into beginning of spring: for example, Zhonghua Book Company photocopied Book 17 of Qing Shi Lu, Book 9 of Qianlong Shi Lu, with 573 pages, beginning of spring, 20071February 22 (Geng Xu), and Record is recorded as "Geng Xu. This is the beginning of last spring. " See also the ninety-fifth chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "beginning of spring on December 18th, Jiayin year, beginning of spring on December 19th, silver moon year". It is clearly pointed out here that the transition point of the dry calendar is in the year. Ebony year 1 millennium, the second millennium, the third millennium, the fifth year, 1025, 1085, 2 105, 125, 145, 2. Year 3051325 2345 3651385 2405 4251445 2465 4851505 2525 5451565 2585 6051. 0745 2765 785 1805 2825 845 1865 2885 905 1925 1945 960 1985