Is the fortune-telling constellation according to beginning of spring _ constellation according to Spring Festival or beginning of spring?

Question 1: The zodiac is calculated according to the lunar calendar, and the date of beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms every year shall prevail. The correct way to calculate the zodiac is beginning of spring. The Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month) is just a popular algorithm among the people today.

In ancient China, there were actually two calendars, one was based on the movement of the moon, that is, the "lunar calendar"; The other is based on the movement of the sun, which is the ancient "solar calendar". The 24 solar terms are determined according to the movement of the sun. Beginning of spring is the first day of the year in the ancient solar calendar, and the zodiac (called the twelve earthly branches in ancient times) is determined accordingly, which has nothing to do with the lunar calendar.

In addition, in a year, in addition to the zodiac (earthly branch), there are also corresponding zodiac (earthly branch) in the month, day and hour (it should be noted that this "month" is also defined according to the 24 solar terms, not the lunar month). For example, beginning of spring is called silver moon (tiger) and Zishi (mouse) from eleven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning.

So everyone actually has four zodiac signs!

Every earthly branch of the year, month, day and time (Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao ...) will have corresponding heavenly stems to match according to the calendar (there are ten heavenly stems: A, B, C, D ...), so that everyone will have eight characters, which is the origin of the ancient "birth".

Also, we should know that today's Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month) was called "New Year's Day" before the Republic of China. It was Yuan Shikai who changed "New Year's Day" to Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day, and renamed the first day of the first lunar month as "Spring Festival", while the ancient Spring Festival specifically referred to that day in beginning of spring, and beginning of spring and Spring Festival were the same day before the Republic of China.

Therefore, the changes after the Republic of China, People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC) inherited the Gregorian calendar as the calendar year of the Republic of China, including major changes in the Spring Festival and New Year's Day. In the past hundred years, the algorithm of the zodiac has been completely confused. Today, perhaps only the older generation and those who know birthdays know the correct algorithm of the zodiac.

If beginning of spring was born on that day, then it is necessary to find out in the perpetual calendar when beginning of spring, who was born in that year, spent the solar terms on that day; The second step is to know your birthplace and exact time of birth. The above two items can be converted into the real solar time when you were born on some websites (originally only Beijing time); The third step is to compare it twice. The year before the solar term is the Chinese zodiac, and vice versa. ..... Khan! How complicated!

Question 2: Is the zodiac based on the lunar calendar or the solar calendar? How to calculate the starting and ending time of the zodiac? This is a common sense problem that many people tend to ignore. Some people think that the zodiac was invented by ancient people in China. Of course, not according to the solar calendar, but according to the lunar calendar. The first day of the first month is the dividing point between the two zodiac signs. For example, after the first day of the first month of 2009, it was considered as a cow, and it was considered as a tiger on the first day of the first month of 20 10. In fact, this division is incorrect.

We must first understand the concept of the Chu Zodiac. The zodiac reflects a concept of time. The management time of each zodiac is average, that is, the time for the earth to make a circle around the sun, with a period of twelve years. When we understand that the Chu Zodiac is a concept of time, we will know why it is incorrect to set the dividing point of the two Zodiac at 0: 00 on the first day of the first month, because if we define it like that, a leap year will take care of one Zodiac 13 months, and the collocation of heavenly stems and earthly branches will be out of order.

The correct calculation of the time of the zodiac should be "from the moment you give it to beginning of spring, to the end before you give it to beginning of spring the next year." For example, children born after 0: 52 on February 4, 2009 (handed over to beginning of spring in 2009) and before 6: 42 on February 4, 20 10 (handed over to beginning of spring on 20 10) belong to cattle.

Therefore, the division of the zodiac is not based on the solar calendar, nor on the lunar calendar, but on festivals. Dividing by season is the most accurate, because every month's solar terms will be adjusted in time according to the position of the earth.

It is difficult to study the origin of the zodiac. For a long time, many people regard Lun Heng as the earliest document that records the zodiac. Lun Heng is the representative work of Wang Chong, a materialist thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty. "On the whole?" "Things" contains: "Yin, wood, its birds, tigers. Soil, its birds and dogs are also. ..... At noon, the horse also arrived. Son, mouse also. Unitary, chicken also. Hair, rabbits, too. ..... hey, tapir. No, so are sheep. Ugly, cattle also. ..... Third, snakes are also. Shen, Qi Tian also. "There are only eleven zodiac signs in the above quotation, and what is missing is the dragon. The book "Poisonous Words" also said: "Chen Weilong, Si is a snake, and Chen and Si are in the southeast. In this way, the zodiac is complete, and the subordinate relationship between the twelve earthly branches and the zodiac can be so complete.

Why do the zodiac need twelve?

"Zhou Li? Guan Chun? " Feng Shixiang wrote: "Ten palms are two years old, ten palms are in February, two palms are in the position of two stars, and twenty-eight palms are in the position of twenty-eight. Its narrative can distinguish the position of heaven. "The division of time is gradual, with twelve years, twelve months a year and twelve o'clock a day." Mandarin? "Yu Jin Si" contains: "The Yellow Emperor has twenty-five sons, and fourteen sons have surnames, which are twelve surnames." Even the wives and concubines of the son of heaven have the saying of "twelve women". Xun Shuang biography: "Therefore, the son of heaven married twelve women, and the number of days was also; There is an equal difference below the princes, and things have fallen. "

There are many folk legends about the zodiac, thus forming a zodiac culture with China characteristics.

Question 3: Excuse me, at what time do we usually talk about genus? There are several views:

Taking beginning of spring as the demarcation point: "The Yellow Calendar is a traditional lunar calendar, and beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is the starting point of the year, so the zodiac should be based on beginning of spring.

Take the first day of the first month as the demarcation point: In CCTV Spring Festival Gala and other programs, the New Year we are waiting for is after the last second of New Year's Eve, that is, after the first day of the first month. According to traditional folk customs, people are used to linking the zodiac with the lunar calendar, and the zodiac should follow the lunar calendar, and the next zodiac year will be after the first day of the first month.

Taking the first day of the first month as the dividing point: In ancient China, a day was divided into 12 hours, and 24 hours were divided into 12 hours, each hour being equal to two hours now. From 1 1 pm, it corresponds to 12: Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai. "'Zi Shi' is the first hour of twelve o'clock, which means that the beginning of the day starts from Zi Shi.

Personally, I prefer the second view. Now I watch the Spring Festival Gala. This feeling will be subconsciously considered as the dividing point of the first day of the first month.

Question 4: When is the zodiac based? China people's zodiac is based on the lunar calendar!

For example, every year after New Year's Eve, it is a happy New Year and auspicious Year of the Horse.

As for being more particular, there will be another saying: In the Year of the Ox, rats are on dragons, mainly talking about time and Japanese genus.

Question 5: When is the zodiac based? Look at people from the zodiac and see a quasi-hair picture.

Take a look.

Question 6: What is the zodiac based on? It is divided according to the Spring Festival in the Chinese solar calendar. According to the periodic law of climate change in ancient China, a year was divided into 24 solar terms. Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, so the ancient people celebrated the festival on the day of "beginning of spring", and the zodiac was determined based on beginning of spring, not the first day of the first month.

Every year when several bells ring in CCTV Spring Festival Evening, the host will say that the year of the zodiac has arrived, but it is all wet, so that the fallacy is repeated. This should start with the China calendar. There are at least two kinds of calendars in China, one is the solar calendar and the other is the lunar calendar.

Gregorian calendar is a calendar summed up by the laws of the sun. The year recorded in heavenly stems and earthly branches (also known as Liu Jia) is actually a Gregorian calendar. The most representative is the 24 solar terms, which accurately expresses the position of the sun on the earth's orbit (ecliptic) plane. The beginning of a year is the day when spring begins, with 24 solar terms! This is the real Spring Festival! The chronology of branches and branches can also accurately infer the exact dates of major events in history, which plays an important role in textual research and archaeology. Folk use this calendar to tell fortune and calculate auspicious days of the ecliptic.

Lunar calendar is a calendar based on the position of the moon relative to the earth, that is, the change of the moon's circle and circle, also known as lunar calendar. There is a big error between lunar year and solar year. In order to correct this mistake, the wise ancients set up runyue, so some lunar years have 13 months. People in China like to remember their birthdays by the lunar calendar, but in fact, this cycle of remembering years is very inaccurate.

There are 10 stems and 12 earthly branches in the middle of Liujiaji, that is, Zichou Yin Mao and Tatsumi Shen You Xu Hai at noon. From Jiazi, Picnic, Bingyin, Ding Mao ... Only 60 lines complete a cycle. This is a bit complicated and hard to remember, so the ancients thought of using animals to represent complex earthly branches, that is, the zodiac. Rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, hairy rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and porcupines. Therefore, the zodiac should be unique in Liu Jianian, China, so the Year of the Rooster and the Year of the Dog should be counted from the date of beginning of spring.

Does that mean remembering the year and the time? The traditional timekeeping in China divides a day and night into 12 hours, which is also determined by the position of the sun. At noon, if the sun is at the same time as the current time 12, then it is noon from 1 13, so it is noon from 23: 00 to 13. That is to say, according to the calendar of China, our new day begins at 23: 00.

This year is the Year of the Pig, and next year is the Year of the Rat. The exact time for us to enter the Year of the Rat should be 23: 00 on the eve of beginning of spring. Of course, it should be beginning of spring time more accurately, but there will be some confusion, so the appointment is from 23: 00 to 1: 00, two hours is exactly one hour, and so on.

Question 7: What is the date of the Chinese zodiac? Zodiac in Zhouyi numerology, beginning of spring date shall prevail.

Question 8: Which is the lunar year and which is the date of the year, month and day?

Question 9: Is the date of birth of the zodiac the year of birth or the time of birth? For example, the Year of the Monkey is the Year of the Monkey.