Why are zodiac animals calculated according to the lunar calendar instead of the solar calendar?

The zodiac is calculated according to the solar or lunar calendar, but the solar terms (bounded by beginning of spring). The arrival of solar terms in beginning of spring is the beginning of the New Year of the Chinese Zodiac. For example, 20 13 in year of the snake is a year without spring, 20 13 in year of the snake and 20 12 in the Year of the Loong.

Therefore, the 30th birthday of the twelfth lunar month in the Year of the Loong on 20 12 of the lunar calendar was actually a snake, although it didn't reach the first day in year of the snake on 20 13 of the lunar calendar. 20 14 beginning of spring in the Year of the Horse seems to be on the first day of the first month, so even if you were born on the first day of the first month of the 20 14 lunar calendar, you are still a snake because there is no beginning of spring. This is why there is an old saying: beginning of spring is better than.

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Support "beginning of spring" as the reason for calculating the zodiac.

1, the traditional Spring Festival refers to "beginning of spring", which has been circulated for thousands of years and formed an inseparable part of the traditional culture of China! The first day of the first month is "New Year's Day". In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), 65438+ 10/in Gregorian calendar was designated as "Spring Festival". Due to opposition from the people, Yuan Shikai adopted a transposition method and named the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10 1 as "New Year's Day".

2. The period from "beginning of spring" to "beginning of spring" is 365 days, while the short period from "Spring Festival travel rush" to "Spring Festival" is only 354 days, and the long period is 384 days.

3. China zodiac calendar, traditional numerology, divination and other folklore all use "beginning of spring" as the basis for calculating the zodiac!

4. Many experts in folklore support using "beginning of spring" to calculate the zodiac.