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Gengzi year is the most terrible year of the rat?

The Year of the Rat of Gengzi begins in 2020 1 October 1 and ends in February 20261early morning.

The year of the Rat of Gengzi is the year of the lunar calendar in 2020. In those days, heavenly stems and earthly branches was called "boxer" and the five elements read "dirt on the wall", so it was also called "boxer rat". The year of the rat of Gengzi is 1960, 2020, 2080 and so on.

As the oldest of the 12 zodiac animals, the Year of the Rat itself is the smallest animal, which can be said to be a very magical name. However, since the Year of the Rat can be the oldest of the 12 Zodiacs, it also has its own significance.

However, if we look at history carefully, we will find that some ancient people think that the Year of the Rat is a good year, while others think that the Year of the Rat is a big hurdle and unlucky.

Many years of the rat in history were disastrous, such as 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance incident, 1936 Xi' an incident, 1960 famine, 1996 Lijiang earthquake, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and 2020 Yiqing.