When does the new year begin?

Taking beginning of spring as the demarcation point: "The Yellow Calendar is a traditional lunar calendar, and beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is the starting point of the year, so the zodiac should be based on beginning of spring.

Take the first day of the first month as the demarcation point: In CCTV Spring Festival Gala and other programs, the New Year we are waiting for is after the last second of New Year's Eve, that is, after the first day of the first month. According to traditional folk customs, people are used to linking the zodiac with the lunar calendar, and the zodiac should follow the lunar calendar, and the next zodiac year will be after the first day of the first month.

Taking the first day of the first month as the dividing point: In ancient China, a day was divided into 12 hours, and 24 hours were divided into 12 hours, each hour being equal to two hours now. From 1 1 pm, it corresponds to 12: Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai. "'Zi Shi' is the first hour of twelve o'clock, which means that the beginning of the day starts from Zi Shi.

Personally, I prefer the second view. Now I watch the Spring Festival Gala. This feeling will be subconsciously considered as the dividing point of the first day of the first month.