What year is Geng Yin?

The years of Geng Yin are 1950 and 20 10.

The 27th year of a cycle in China's traditional calendar year is called "Gengyin Year". When the number of years is divided by more than 60 and 30, or the number of years is reduced by 3, the remainder after division by 10 is 7, and the remainder after division by 12 is 3. The year from beginning of spring to beginning of spring in the following year is "Gengyin Year".

In ancient China, democracy was based on heaven and earth. The connection between heaven and stem is called heavenly stem, and the connection between earth and stem is called earthly branch. Together, they are called heavenly stems and earthly branches, or dry branches for short. Judging from the Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed in Yin Ruins, in ancient China, the trunk and branch were mainly used to record the days, as well as the months, years and hours.

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Lunar New Year-

Zodiac corresponding to the earthly branches: Zishu, Ugly Cow, Silver Tiger, Maotu, Chen Long, Sishe, Wuma, Weiyang, Shenhou, Youyou Chicken, Dog and Hai Pig. Therefore, Geng Yinnian is also the Year of the Tiger. In ancient China, people matched them in the order of Jiazi, Emei and Bingyin ... without repetition. Sixty pairs of Jiazi to Guihai are called Jiazi.

The corresponding zodiac sign is also the year of the rat. In ancient China, people used these 60 pairs of trunk branches to represent the serial numbers of years, months, days and hours, and this is the chronology of trunk branches.