What year is this year?

The Year of the Tiger is determined according to the traditional calendar of China. The "tiger" in the zodiac corresponds to the yin in the twelve earthly branches. The year of the tiger is a cloudy year, and every twelve years is regarded as a cycle. For example, the Gregorian calendar in 2022 basically corresponds to the Year of the Tiger, which is the Year of Nonyin.

Sixty years of Jiazi, Tiangan 10, Dizhi 12, Tatsumi Zichou Yinmao at noon. Complete a cycle from line 60 of Jiazi, Picnic, Bingyin and Dingmao.

This is a bit complicated and hard to remember, so the ancients thought of using animals to represent complex earthly branches, namely Zodiac Mouse, Ugly Cow, Silver Tiger, Hairy Rabbit, Chen Long, Fourth Uncle, Wuma, Weiyang, Monkey, Youyou Chicken, Red Dog and Hai Pig.

Judgment method of the year of the tiger

All the years when the AD number is divided by 12 and the remainder is 6 are the Year of the Tiger. The formula is: AD number ÷ 12= a quotient, and the remainder is 6. For example: 20 10÷ 12= quotient 167, and the remainder is 6. So 20 10 is the year of the tiger.

The Year of the Tiger is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the Zodiac is attached to the year of the dry branch, which is the year method of the dry branch calendar. The same is true of the official almanac of past dynasties (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.

Lunar calendar and trunk calendar are two different calendars, which are different in the starting point of a year, the division rules of months and the number of days in each year. Due to the use of the Gregorian calendar after the Republic of China, many people, including a few so-called experts, lack calendar knowledge, so the two are often confused.