Is the zodiac a lunar calendar or a new calendar?

12 Zodiac According to the lunar calendar, the zodiac begins in beginning of spring, not on the first day of the first lunar month. According to the China calendar, this genus is divided into beginning of spring. The division of the two zodiac signs is not based on the Gregorian calendar's 65438+ 10/,nor on the first day of the first lunar month, but on the beginning of spring solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms. For example, beginning of spring in 20 12 was on February 4th, so the Spring Festival in 20 12 was still the Year of the Rabbit, and it was not until February 4th that it was the the Year of the Loong of the lunar calendar.

China's zodiac is determined by beginning of spring. The lunar calendar is used in the Han Dynasty, and the New Year is bounded by beginning of spring. beginning of spring is the first of 24 solar terms, and the zodiac is based on beginning of spring. The zodiac starts in beginning of spring, not the first day of the first month, which is the beginning of the Lunar New Year. People's zodiac should be based on the beginning of spring of the lunar calendar.