Is new year's day 20 18 the year of the dog? The origin of the year of the dog

The arrival of 20 18 means that people who belong to dogs are about to usher in their animal year. Everyone has questions. 20 18 since when is the year of the dog? So is 20 18 New Year's Day the Year of the Dog? Let's take a look!

20 18 when does the year of the dog begin?

Beginning of spring on February 4th, 20 18, which means February 4th, 20 18 is the year of the dog.

Lunar calendar; The Year of the Dog begins on 18981February 19.

20 18 is the year of the 1898 movement of the lunar calendar and the year of the dog. Then, people born this year are dogs. However, the division of the zodiac is not 65438+ 10/month 1 in Gregorian calendar, nor is it the first day of the Lunar New Year, but it starts with "beginning of spring".

Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) time:

From 23: 34 on February 3rd, 20 17 to 05: 28 on February 4th, 20 18.

February 4th, 20 18, 05: 28 to February 4th, 20 14, at 0: 00 (Year of the Dog, born as a dog at this time).

Calendar calculation of the year of the dog

Note that the above is only a rough correspondence, because the Gregorian calendar and the elephant trunk calendar in China, which are widely used in the world, are two different calendars.

Gregorian calendar starts from 65438+ 10/month 1, while lunar calendar starts from the date when beginning of spring built silver moon. Generally speaking, that day in beginning of spring is equivalent to February 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar every year.

The year of the dog 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.

The origin of the year of the dog

Dogs were once regarded as ancestors by human beings. As early as the matriarchal clan society, primitive people living in the Yellow River valley had dogs, and Zhou Li set up an official post of dog man, specializing in holding dogs for sacrifice. In the Han dynasty, the court set up a dog supervisor, who was the official in charge of the emperor's hunting dogs.

In the Tang dynasty, there was a kennel in Wuchang, which was a government office dedicated to keeping hunting dogs for the emperor. When human society entered the period of animal husbandry and small-scale peasant production, dogs guarded their homes and called the police to look after the herds, which made great achievements for mankind.

The word "fu" is the embodiment of human attitude towards dogs. The relationship between dogs and people will always be as hard to give up as the word "V", and the dog will always be loyal to its former maid and today's master.