Is the zodiac based on the lunar calendar or the solar calendar?

The zodiac is not defined by the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 1, nor by the first day of the first lunar month, but by the beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms.

For example, beginning of spring in 20 12 is on February 4th, so the Spring Festival in 20 12 is still the Year of the Rabbit, and it will not be the the Year of the Loong of the lunar calendar until February 4th!

China Gregorian calendar uses beginning of spring to determine the zodiac. "Lunar Calendar" is the lunar calendar used in the Han Dynasty, with beginning of spring as the New Year's boundary, beginning of spring as the first of the 24 solar terms, and beginning of spring as the zodiac. There are 10 dry days and 12 earthly branches between liujia concentration areas, that is, Zichou Yin Mao and Tatsumi Shen You Xu Hai at noon.

This is a bit complicated, so the ancients thought of using animals to represent earthly branches, that is, the zodiac. Rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, hairy rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and porcupines. The zodiac is unique in Liu Jianian, China, and it should be counted from beginning of spring.

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Support "beginning of spring" as the reason for calculating the zodiac.

1. The traditional Spring Festival refers to "beginning of spring", which has been circulated for thousands of years and formed an inseparable part of the traditional culture of China! The first day of the first month is "New Year's Day". In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), 65438+ 10/in Gregorian calendar was designated as "Spring Festival". Due to opposition from the people, Yuan Shikai adopted a transposition method and named the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10 1 as "New Year's Day".

2. The period from "beginning of spring" to "beginning of spring" is 365 days, while the short period from "Spring Festival travel rush" to "Spring Festival" is only 354 days, and the long period is 384 days.

3. China's zodiac calendar, as well as traditional folklore such as numerology and divination, all use "beginning of spring" as the basis for calculating the zodiac!

4. Many experts in folklore support using "beginning of spring" to calculate the zodiac.

References:

People's Network-People's Network-How to calculate the zodiac? It is the first day for the imperial calendar to recognize the custom in beginning of spring.