Is the zodiac calculated by the lunar calendar or the solar calendar?

The zodiac is counted according to the lunar calendar.

The zodiac began in the 6th century BC and was originally applied to a set of earthly numbers. Later, according to the unique lunar calendar method in China, it became the year number of the year until today. The Chinese Zodiac, also known as the Chinese Zodiac, is twelve animals used by some ethnic groups in China and East Asia to indicate the year and the year of birth. The cycle of the zodiac is 12 years. Everyone's animal year has a zodiac sign. Zodiac animals, namely rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs, are distributed in the zodiac in turn.

It is a folk method to calculate the age in our country, and it is also an ancient chronology, also known as the zodiac. Zodiac is calculated according to the lunar calendar, and the official history takes the first day of the first month of the Spring King as the starting day of the New Year. Many folk customs all over the country take the first day of the first month as the starting point of the zodiac year. For example, the custom of "tying a red rope and wearing red underwear" has been handed down since midnight on New Year's Eve.

In China, beginning of spring is the beginning of a year. According to the China calendar, this genus is divided into beginning of spring. The division of the two zodiac signs is not based on the Gregorian calendar's 65438+ 10/,nor on the first day of the first lunar month, but on the beginning of spring solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms.

Controversy about the Chinese zodiac;

It is precisely because the official and the official believe that the lunar calendar is the starting point of the zodiac, which is contrary to many folk customs. For example, beginning of spring, the first solar term in 24 solar terms, is still used as the dividing standard, which leads to many disputes among the people. About half of people think that the zodiac is not based on 65438+ 1 in the solar calendar, nor on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, but on the beginning of spring solar terms in the 24 solar terms. This custom has been used ever since.

There are still some people who seem unwilling to calculate, especially young people nowadays. They prefer to use 1 month 1 day in the solar calendar as the demarcation point of the zodiac, and the dispute over these boundaries is the main reason for calculating the zodiac.

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