The folk saying that three, six, nine is kan refers to the real year?

Folk have three six nine is kan saying refers to the real year.

Do virtual (years) not do real (years) of custom tips:

1. Folklore tradition, thirty-six years old, called "dark nine" (9x4 = 36), the birthday to do virtual.

2. The person's age nine, such as nine years old, nineteen years old, twenty-nine years old ...... (known as the "bright nine"), or multiples of nine, such as eighteen years old, twenty-seven years old, thirty-six years old... ...(called "Dark Nine").

3. "Male over false female over real", the origin and origin of the information is not yet available.

China's folk life, there are "nine" not to do "ten", do not do virtual (years) not to do real (years) of custom. That is to say, when encountered fifty, sixty, seventy and eighty and so on the whole ten years old birthday, to advance it to the virtual age of forty-nine, fifty-nine, sixty-nine, seventy-nine years old to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate the birthday.

When it comes to the tenth birthday, there is nothing to show. Because the folk believe that "ten" has to the head, to the top of the meaning, "ten full for full, full of loss", which is of course unlucky. So people will be ten years old birthday in advance to the virtual age of nine birthday to do, "nine" and "long" resonance, to show that life is not yet the end.

Algorithm of real and imaginary age

The expression of age is said to be real and imaginary. A real year is calculated as one year after birth on the Gregorian calendar, independent of the Chinese zodiac. The calculation of the false age is based on the date of birth of the baby that is 1 year old, and after that, wherever the Chinese New Year will be added to the age of l. The calculation is based on the date of birth of the baby that is 1 year old. And anyone who is born in a certain lunar year will be born in the year corresponding to the genus as their own zodiac sign, and will remain unchanged throughout their lives.

Generally speaking, in a year, in the period of time before the birthday, the imaginary year is two years older than the real year, and after the birthday, the imaginary year is only one year older than the real year. However, if the birthday is near the end of the lunar year, and the beginning of the next lunar year is earlier than the previous year, it is possible that a person's imaginary year is three years older than his real year. For example, if someone was born on February 2, 1973, his or her false age would be 1 year old at that time.

This year's Chinese New Year is February 3, so the child will be two years old on February 3, even though only one day has passed. The next Chinese New Year is January 23, 1974, and the child will be 3 years old on that day, but less than 1 year old in real years. Between January 23, 1974 and February 1, 1974, the child's imaginary age is 3 years older than his real age.