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What year is the Year of the Tiger?

The Year of the Tiger is the year when the AD number is divided by 12 and the remainder is 6. For example, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 20 10, and the next year of the tiger is 2022. The Year of the Tiger is determined according to the traditional calendar of China. The tiger in the zodiac corresponds to the yin in the twelve earthly branches. The year of the tiger is a cloudy year, and every twelve years is regarded as a cycle. Tiger ranks third in the zodiac and belongs to Yin in the zodiac, so Yin Shi is also called Tiger Time.

Sixty years of Jiazi, the heavenly stem is 65,438+00, the earthly branch is 65,438+02, and it is applied to Chensi at noon. From Jiazi, Picnic, Bingyin, Ding Mao ... Only 60 lines complete a cycle. The ancients used animals to represent complex earthly branches, that is, the zodiac. Rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, hairy rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and porcupines.

The year of the tiger is 1902 (Renyin) 19 14 (Jiayin) 1926 (Bingyin) 1938 (Wuyin) 1950 (Gengyin). Geng Yin) 2022 (Renyin) 2034 (Jiayin) 2046 (Bingyin) 2058 (Wuyin) 2070 (Gengyin) 2082 (Renyin) 2094 (Jiayin).

The Year of the Tiger 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 trunk calendar is a calendar marked with 60 different heavenly stems and earthly branches, which is a unique solar calendar in China. It takes beginning of spring as the beginning of the year, and divides the year into twelve months with twenty-four solar terms. Every month contains two solar terms, and there is no leap month. The dry calendar is related to the periodic movement of the earth around the sun, which can reflect the climate change throughout the year.