One year after the year of Guimao

According to the query of Pingxiang Encyclopedia, in ancient times, time was recorded by branches, which were composed of 10 stems and 12 earthly branches to record the time sequence, so the names were different every year. 2023 is the year of Guimao, and the next year is the Year of the Loong in 2024. After the Year of the Rabbit in 2023, the coming year is the Year of the Loong.

The year of Guimao is a year of the lunar calendar, such as 1903, 1963, 2023, etc. (60 year cycle). The so-called lunar calendar years, that is, trunks and branches are literally equivalent to trunks and branches. In ancient China, the sky was dominant and the earth was subordinate. The connection between the sky and the trunk is called heavenly stems, and the connection between the ground and branches is called earthly branches. Together, it is called heavenly stems and earthly branches, or "dry branch" for short.