Is New Year's Eve the Year of the Rabbit?

New Year's Eve in 2022 is the Year of the Rabbit.

The Year of the Rabbit is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the zodiac is attached to the calendar year of the main branch, and the calendar year of the main branch is the calendar year method of the main branch. The official almanac of past dynasties is like this. There is no doubt that the lunar calendar only uses branches to mark the year, which ranges from the first day of the first month to New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve is the New Year, that is, the Year of the Rabbit, but as long as it is not past midnight, it is still the Year of the Tiger. China's lunar calendar began in the Xia Dynasty, and it adopts the Ganzhi calendar, which is China's own calendar. This year is 4720 years of the lunar calendar, also known as the Year of the Rabbit with Tortoise Hair. The year of Guimao is called according to China's heavenly stems and earthly branches Chronology, which consists of Guihai and He Miaomiao. Therefore, Guimao Year, also known as the Year of the Three Finished Rabbit, is "the rabbit completes in one lap from beginning to end", symbolizing the end of one year and the beginning of a new year.