Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What does boxer mean?

What does boxer mean?

The meaning of Gengzi is as follows:

1, the Boxer Rebellion is one of the main branches, and the order is 37th. The former is Ji Hai, and the latter is Xin Chou. On Yin-Yang and Five Elements (the birthday is auspicious), the Geng of heavenly stem belongs to Yang Jin, and the son of earthly branch belongs to Yang Shui, which is the coexistence of gold and water.

2. The 37th year of a cycle in China's traditional calendar year is called "Gengzi Year". In the following Gregorian calendar years, if the number of years is divided by more than 60 and 40, or if the number of years is reduced by 3, the remainder divided by 10 is 7, and the remainder divided by 12 is 1. The years from the first day of the first month of that year to the New Year's Eve of the following year are all "Gengzi Year".

Lunar calendar is a dry calendar, and solar terms are used to guide agricultural production. Branches and branches are not divided into solar terms, regardless of traditional habits or official calendars (see the perpetual calendar compiled by Purple Mountain Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences for details).