Is beginning of spring or the Lunar New Year the standard of the Chinese zodiac?

1, the Chinese zodiac, divided by the "beginning of spring" in the lunar calendar every year.

2. Being born before and after beginning of spring Day are two different Chinese zodiac signs.

3. The annual "beginning of spring" Day is usually around February 4th in the solar calendar, so this day is the time to divide the zodiac.

4. So this year, for example, as long as horses are born before February 4th in the solar calendar, sheep are born after February 4th.

Before the Republic of China, the zodiac was divided according to the Spring Festival. At that time, the Spring Festival always referred to the annual "beginning of spring", but later Yuan Shikai changed the Spring Festival to the first day of the first lunar month, so the time of the Spring Festival changed from then on, but the division of the zodiac was still "beginning of spring".