What year does Ding Chou refer to?

The year of Ding Chou is one of the sixty years in the official calendar, which corresponds to the Gregorian calendar years such as 1877, 1937, 1997 and 2057. (60 year cycle).

In the AD year, the number of years divided by 60 by 17 or more, or the number of years, the remainder divided by 10 is 7, and the remainder divided by 12 is 5. The years from beginning of spring to beginning of spring in the following year are "Ding Chou Year".

The ancient Chinese used these 60 pairs of branches to represent the serial numbers of year, month, day and time, and this is the branch chronology.

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The Last Man in Ding Chou's Year —— Wuyin's Year

Wuyin year is one of the dry years, and the calendar year is eight, such as 1998, 1938, 1878...60 years. The calculation method is that in each AD year, the number of years over 60 is divided by 18, or the number of years divided by 10 is 8, and the number of years divided by 12 is 6. All the years from beginning of spring in that year to beginning of spring in the following year are "Wuyin years".

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. There are ten kinds of heavenly stems, namely, A, B, C, D, E, G, G, Xin, Ren and Gui.

Wuyin year is one of the sixty different years of the main branch, which is composed of ten-day main branch and twelve-day branch according to a certain law. It is also called 60 Jia Zi, which is the basic timing name in China astronomical calendar. It has a long history and occupies an important position in the traditional culture of China. Sixty jiazi is used to record the year, month, day and time.

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