Why do sheep count from beginning of spring?

Generally speaking, on February 4th in beginning of spring, the Spring Festival falls on February 19, and the babies born in this half month are horses or sheep. Therefore, the specific analysis is as follows:

Lunar algorithm

The Year of the Sheep begins on February, 2009 19.

Taking New Year's Eve as the dividing point, that is, starting from the Lunar New Year (the first day of the Lunar New Year), the method of calculating the zodiac first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and now many people agree with this algorithm. Folklore experts believe that the zodiac should not be calculated according to the 24 solar terms. After all, the Spring Festival is the beginning of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the beginning of the Lunar New Year, so the zodiac naturally starts from the first day of the first month.

Tree trunk and branch chronology

It should be counted from February 4th in beginning of spring.

Some experts believe that the Year of the Sheep should start from spring. "It should be the Year of the Sheep, and the lamb should be born after beginning of spring." Astronomy expert CoCo Lee said.

According to reports, the method of taking beginning of spring as the standard of the zodiac began in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The current Chinese zodiac calendar, traditional numerology, divination and other folklore all take "beginning of spring" as the basis for calculating the Chinese zodiac.

Few people remember the old zodiac calendar now, and naturally they can't remember the old zodiac algorithm. In ancient times, heavenly stems and earthly branches was used to record the year, month and day, and the saying of the zodiac can only be found in the annals of heavenly stems and earthly branches. "There are not only twelve zodiac signs, but also twelve o'clock. This system is different from the lunar calendar. "

Because the chronology of the trunk and branch is based on the sun, the alternation of heavenly stems and earthly branches begins in beginning of spring every year. For example, the Year of Horse is Wu Jia, and the Year of Sheep is the last year. According to the chronology of trunk and branches, the length of each year is about 365.25 days. If you want to know a person's birthday, you should strictly start from beginning of spring.

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Agree to start from the first day of the first month

The reporter found that Baidu's calendar started from the "Spring Festival"; Most young parents don't know that the zodiac is counted from beginning of spring, but they all think that it should be counted from the Spring Festival. Interestingly, if we count from the Spring Festival, there will be some "no spring" years and some "second spring" years.