What does Shen Chenzi mean?

"Shenzi Chenri" refers to the day when the earthly branch is Shenzi and Chenri.

Shen, Zi and Chen are three of the twelve earthly branches, and the complete twelve earthly branches are Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. Heavenly stems and earthly branches constitutes the traditional chronology of ancient China.

The calendar divides a year into 12 days, and "卨" represents the direction of the top of the bucket handle of the Big Dipper; In ancient astronomy, bucket handle was the Big Dipper, which was called "Jian" at that time. In a year, bucket handle turns and points to the "Twelve Decrees" in turn, which is called "December Sword" (or "December Order").

December is a sunny month based on twenty-four solar terms, which is different from the lunar month (Wang Shuo, divided into the first fifteen grades) and has twelve branches, such as Jiazi, Jiachou and Yin Jian.

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Tree trunk and branch year

The Spring Festival is only established in modern times on the first day of the first lunar month. After the Revolution of 1911, the title of the emperor was abolished, but the title of the main branch has been used. 19 12. Dr. Sun Yat-sen announced that he would abolish the old calendar and adopt the Gregorian calendar.

19 14, Yuan Shikai, then president of the Republic of China, issued a decree stipulating that the first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival every year. Before that, beginning of spring was traditionally regarded as the beginning of a year. In the old Gregorian calendar of the Republic of China, beginning of spring is still the node where the year of the zodiac begins.

The book "Ancient Calendar of China", a national key book publishing planning project in the 11th Five-Year Plan, points out that the calendar year of the main branch is a part of the calendar year of the main branch, starting from beginning of spring! It is also clearly pointed out that for more than two thousand years, the dry calendar and the lunar calendar (in chronological order) have "cooperated with each other and formed their own system"! The meaning is clear. Since ancient times, the China lunar calendar has used dry branches to record the years. However, the fact that the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month does not change the principle that cadres and cadres' calendar years begin in beginning of spring.

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