Twelve solar terms in the Gregorian calendar

The zodiac is not divided by the first day of the first lunar month, but by the beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms. ? Lunar calendar? Was it used in the Han Dynasty? Lunar calendar? The New Year is bounded by beginning of spring, beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, and the zodiac is based on beginning of spring.

There are 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches in the Liujia concentration, that is, Zi Chou Yin Mao and Tatsumi Shen Youxu Hai at noon. What is the Gregorian calendar? Traditional lunar calendar? Is it the first of the 24 solar terms? Beginning of spring? As the beginning of a year, the Chinese zodiac should be based on beginning of spring. Beginning of spring is? Year-end? . Some people take beginning of spring as the starting point of their new animal sign every year. China's Gregorian calendar is based on beginning of spring to determine the zodiac.

The solar calendar is a calendar based on the movement cycle of the earth around the sun. The solar calendar tells the relationship between the sun and the earth through heavenly stems and earthly branches, and the 24 solar terms and December architecture are the basic contents.

The monthly calendar is a calendar arranged according to the moon phase cycle. One month is the orbit of the moon around the earth, that is, the first month of the lunar calendar is the basis for determining the calendar month, and a year is a calendar of twelve calendar months.

There were actually two calendars in ancient China: one depended on the movement of the moon, right? Lunar calendar? ; The other is based on the movement of the sun, which is ancient? Solar calendar? . The 24 solar terms are determined according to the movement of the sun. Beginning of spring is the first day of the New Year in the ancient solar calendar, and the zodiac (called the Twelve Earthly Branches in ancient times) is determined according to this, which has nothing to do with the lunar calendar.

What was the name of today's Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month) before the Republic of China? New year's day? Is that Yuan Shikai? New year's day? Change the solar calendar 1 month 1 day and the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar? Spring Festival? In ancient times, the Spring Festival specifically referred to beginning of spring. Before the Republic of China, beginning of spring and the Spring Festival were the same day.

Therefore, after the changes in the Republic of China, People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC) inherited the Gregorian calendar of the Republic of China as a calendar year, including major changes in the Spring Festival and New Year's Day. In the past hundred years, the algorithm of the zodiac has been completely confused. Today, perhaps only the older generation and people who know their birthdays know the correct algorithm of the zodiac.