How to calculate the age with the zodiac?

When the age is divided by 12, the remainder is rabbit (0), tiger (1), cow (2), mouse (3), pig (4), dog (5), chicken (6), monkey (7), sheep (8) and horse (9) in turn.

If someone is 28 years old, except 12, the remainder is 4, which belongs to a pig. Note that the age must be one year old. That is, 0 years old at birth, and the next year 1 year old.

China's customary age calculation method is based on the calendar year after birth, that is, even if he was born in 1 year, he will increase 1 year every New Year. Generally calculated according to the lunar calendar, but also calculated according to the Gregorian calendar. For example, a baby born at the end of 65438+February is 1 year after birth, or 1 year after the Gregorian calendar or the local Chinese New Year. In this way, the baby is only a few days old and is already 2 years old.

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Zodiac is the twelve animals used by some ethnic groups in China and East Asia to represent the year. They are collectively called the Zodiac, that is, mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig.

It is matched with twelve earthly branches (Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai) in turn to form rats, ugly cows, yinhu, hairy rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens and monkeys. Everyone takes the symbolic animal of his birth year as the zodiac, so people in China often use the zodiac to calculate their age. Cycle once for a round.

Besides China's zodiac signs, China also uses twelve corresponding dates, the moon, the day and the hour. The zodiac (animal calendar) is also popular in Asian countries and some countries in Eastern Europe and North Africa.

The earliest and widely circulated complete 12 zodiac cycle in historical documents was put forward by Wang Chong (27-97 BC) in Lun Heng written in 1 century BC. In turn: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.