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Marriage of the zodiac in the yellow calendar

Marriage indicates that the Lunar New Year is coming. I wish you all a happy new year, and I also received the blessing from the official media. I have noticed that many media regard New Year's Eve as the Year of the Ox. Is it right or wrong? Because this is contrary to China's zodiac algorithm.

As we all know, the 12 Zodiac, also known as the Zodiac, is the collocation of China and 12 earthly branch. There are 12 species of animals with birth years, including rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. However, 12 earthly branches are difficult to popularize, so the ancients thought of using animals to represent earthly branches, that is, the zodiac.

With the development of history, the Chinese zodiac has gradually integrated the concepts of mutual prosperity and mutual restraint. As a folk cultural figure with a long history, it has left a large number of intangible cultural heritages depicting the image and symbolic significance of the zodiac. But how are the zodiac animals divided?

China Purple Mountain Observatory is a modern calendar editing unit. It supports the first day of the first month as the beginning of the year. Therefore, people think that the zodiac is calculated according to the lunar calendar, so now most people calculate the zodiac according to the lunar calendar. It is precisely because of our support and the fact that the official lunar calendar as the starting point of the zodiac is contrary to many customs. For example, beginning of spring, the first solar term in 24 solar terms, is still used as the dividing standard, which has caused many controversies.

Professor Ye Chunsheng, vice president of Chinese Folklore Society, professor of Chinese Department of the University and a famous folklorist, thinks that the zodiac should be based on beginning of spring. He reminded the public that the zodiac began in the beginning of spring instead of the first day of the first month, which is only the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the zodiac should be based on the beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. The Chinese character "",regarded as the head of the group classics, also takes beginning of spring as the watershed of the zodiac.

Now many things handed down by the ancients are gradually abandoned. How many children can know all the 24 solar terms in modern times? It is enough to know that eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter and eating rock sugar at the age of 23. Therefore, I hope everyone will pass on the correct common sense things. How to calculate the zodiac there?

The above is related to marriage, and it is about the sharing of the zodiac. After reading 12, I hope it will help everyone!