Lunar Algorithm of China Zodiac

China Gregorian calendar uses beginning of spring to determine the zodiac.

The "lunar calendar" is the lunar calendar that began to be used in the Han Dynasty. 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 stems and 12 earthly branches in the middle of Liujiaji, that is, Zichou Yin Mao and Tatsumi Shen You Xu Hai at noon. This is a bit complicated, so the ancients thought of using animals to represent earthly branches, that is, the zodiac. Rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, hairy rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and porcupines. The zodiac is unique in Liu Jianian, China, and it should be counted from beginning of spring.

Traditional numerology and divination are based on "beginning of spring". Including the current folk fortune tellers, have always followed the traditional zodiac formula. Because the zodiac is the same as the earthly branch, it can't be determined by the current Spring Festival.

For convenience, some people decide the zodiac directly according to the Spring Festival, so the tradition is gradually forgotten by many people, and the definition of the zodiac is also controversial. According to the questionnaire, the number of people who use the tradition of setting the zodiac in beginning of spring and forget it is 50/50.

Of course, if you happen to be born on a "controversial" date, you can also decide according to your personal preference.

As for whether the zodiac starts from beginning of spring or the first day of the first month, there is a great controversy among folk and folk experts! The reasons for the two calculation methods are listed below for your reference.

Support "beginning of spring" as the reason for calculating the zodiac.

1. The traditional Spring Festival refers to "beginning of spring", which has been circulated for thousands of years and formed an inseparable part of the traditional culture of China! The first day of the first month is "New Year's Day". During the Republic of China (19 1 1), the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/was designated as the "Spring Festival". Due to civil opposition, Yuan Shikai compromised and named it Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/month.

2. China's zodiac calendar, as well as traditional folklore such as numerology and divination, all use "beginning of spring" as the basis for calculating the zodiac!

3. Many experts in folklore support using "beginning of spring" to calculate the zodiac.

Professor Ye Chunsheng, professor of Chinese Department of Sun Yat-sen University, doctoral supervisor and vice chairman of Chinese Folklore Society, believes that people can easily make a common sense mistake. The zodiac began in the beginning of spring, not the first day of the first lunar month. The date and hour of "beginning of spring" are accurately calculated by calendar scholars according to the rotation and revolution of the earth, which has accurate scientific basis.

Support "the first day of the first month" as a reason to calculate the zodiac.

1. In the second year of the Republic of China (19 12), it was stipulated in the form of a document that the Spring Festival would begin on the first day of the first month.

2. Folklore experts support the calculation of the zodiac with "the first day of the first month".

Zhao Shu, chairman of Beijing Folk Association, thinks that beginning of spring is a solar term, which was used by ancient China people to serve agricultural production, but beginning of spring is not the beginning of a year. Beginning of spring may be at the beginning of the year, or at the end of the year, and there may even be no beginning of spring in some years; The Spring Festival is traditionally used to make a living, indicating the boundary between two years. Therefore, of course, the calculation of the year of birth should be based on the Lunar New Year.

Astronomical experts say that we are unified with them by adopting the international calendar, on the one hand, because the calendar is more scientific, and the days are calculated according to the revolution of the earth.