What is the year of widowhood and why is 20 13 the year of widowhood?

First, why is there a saying that 20 13 is a widowed year?

The reason why 20 13 is a widowed year is mainly because 20 13 is a year without spring. And this "no spring" year is relative to the "single spring" year and "double spring" year. In ancient folk customs, people think that the annual solar terms in beginning of spring are "single spring" and normal years. There are two kinds of abnormal years: one is a "double spring" year, that is, a lunar year has two beginning of spring solar terms; Another year is "no spring", which means that there is no solar term in beginning of spring in the Lunar New Year.

Spring is the season of sowing. In Chinese, spring means "the desire of both sexes to seek each other" and is a symbol of love between men and women. Therefore, in folklore, some places think that the year of "Double Spring" is very auspicious and everything goes well; In other places, it is considered that the year of "double spring" means the second spring, which means that women who got married in that year will have a second marriage, so it is not appropriate to get married. Correspondingly, there is a saying that "no spring" years are widowed years. The beginning of spring time in 20 13 is February 4th, 20 13 (24: 03 in the twelfth lunar month in the Year of the Loong1min). Beginning of spring time in 20 14 is February 4th, 20 14 (at 6: 00 on the fifth day of the first month of the Year of the Horse in Wu Jia). In this way, there will be no solar terms in beginning of spring at 20 13 (the fourth year of year of the snake in the lunar calendar), which is the so-called "spring-free year", so there is a saying that 20 13 is a widowed year.

Second, how did the "Widowed Year" come into being?

In fact, the emergence of "no spring year" (widowed year) and "double spring year" is caused by the "wrong day" of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar.

The solar calendar is based on the law that the earth revolves around the sun. The revolution of the earth is 365.24 days. One year 12 months. According to the date of the solar calendar, we can clearly see the changes in temperature and warmth throughout the year.

The lunar calendar is based on the law of the moon's profit and loss. The moon goes around the earth once in January, and a year is twelve calendar months. Twelve lunar months have about 354 days.

The calendar of our country is a kind of yin-yang calendar, which is formulated in combination with the sun-moon cycle. A year is divided into 24 solar terms according to the movement of the sun, and months according to the movement of the moon, and a leap month is added to solve the time difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar. As a result, some years have thirteen months in a year. In this way, the solar terms in beginning of spring may appear in the twelfth month of last year or the first month of next year, resulting in "no spring" years (few years) and "double spring" years.

Third, there is no so-called "widow's year"

After understanding the emergence of "no spring" year (widowed year) and "double spring" year, we will know that "no spring" or "double spring" year is the result of human arrangement. Every 19, there will be seven years of "double spring" and seven years of "no spring" in order to adjust the solar terms and phenology and get married.

Therefore, a year without spring is not a widow's year, so don't worry about which year is a widow's year.