Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - 197 1 What is the zodiac?

197 1 What is the zodiac?

Is it a pig? (Lunar New Year, Gregorian calendar197165438+1October 27th-65438+February 1972)

The corresponding years of pigs are: 19 1 1 year, 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959,1.

The Year of the Pig is one of the zodiac years in China calendar. The Year of the Pig in Jihai of the lunar calendar begins on February 5th, 20th19th and ends on October 24th, 20th120th, 2020, which is also a normal year, with a total of 354 days.

Judgment method—

When the number of AD years is divided by 12, the year with the remainder of 3 is the year of the pig.

The formula is: the number of years in AD ÷ 12= a quotient, and the remainder is 3.

For example: 2007÷ 12= quotient 167, and the remainder is 3. So 2007 is the year of the pig.

Please note that the above is only a rough correspondence, because the Gregorian calendar and the trunk calendar in China, which are widely used in the world, are two different calendars. The Year of the Pig is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the Zodiac is the year of the dry branch, and the year of the dry branch is the year of the dry branch. The same is true of the official almanac (that is, the Yellow Calendar). There is no doubt that the lunar calendar only uses branches to mark the year, which ranges from the first day of the first month to New Year's Eve.

Extended data:

Year of pig culture-

Wild boar has sharp fangs and hair like an arrow on its back. It is brave and aggressive, so some kind people like to wear pig-shaped ornaments. It is found that the fertility of domesticated pigs is particularly strong, ranging from 35 to 20 years old. Under the influence of reproductive worship, people naturally worship pigs. There are 46 mountains in Bates Mountain Classic, among which 20 villagers worship horses and 26 villagers worship pigs.

Ancient Wei (later Manchu) and ancient Hani, Lisu, etc. Their totem is also a pig; The Classic of Mountains and Seas also said that Changyi, the son of the Yellow Emperor and Luo Zu, "has a face, a mouth, scales, a canal and a dolphin", with a mouth like a pig and feet like a pig.

Pig worship is also reflected in pig dragon worship. In the ruins of Hongshan Culture from 5000 to 6000 years ago, the famous "Jade Pig Dragon" unearthed is an obvious example, and the early leader was also the image of a pig head.

As for the ancients who sacrificed pigs, they needed pigs in prison or in prison. In some cases, pigs (black) also need to sacrifice to the gods in the north. After the death of Han people, they will hold jade pigs, because pigs represent wealth and wealth.