Whether beginning of spring was born in a horse or a sheep can be calculated according to the 24 solar terms.

Dispute of genus

Calculation of Calendar Room of Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, beginning of spring, February 4th 1 1:58. There is also the Spring Festival until February 19 in half a month. The question is, is the zodiac based on beginning of spring or Spring Festival? Early in the morning, in the WeChat circle of friends of the reporter of Modern Express, everyone began to discuss: beginning of spring has arrived. Will the next half month be the Year of the Sheep or the Year of the Horse? Especially the baby born in this half month, is it a horse or a sheep? This problem is really complicated, even in academic circles, there are different explanations.

This is a very tangled problem, and the academic circles are also divided into two factions.

Lunar calendar algorithm: The Year of the Sheep begins in February of 19.

Taking New Year's Eve as the dividing point, that is, from the beginning of the Lunar New Year (the first day of the first lunar month), the method of calculating the zodiac appeared late, and the earliest record appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Now many people agree with this. Folklore experts believe that the zodiac should not be calculated according to the 24 solar terms. After all, the Spring Festival is the beginning of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the beginning of the Lunar New Year, so the zodiac naturally starts from the first day of the first month.

Wang Sichao, a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, also believes that the Year of the Sheep officially starts from February 19 and ends on February 7/20 16, with 354 days.