1988 belongs to what?

1988, the five elements belong to soil or wood.

1988 is the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and the corresponding earthly branch is Chen, which belongs to the dragon. According to the earthly branch, the five elements belong to the earth, so the five elements belong to the dragon. 1988 Yin Na is Dalinmu, the five-element middle-aged life of Dalinmu's fortune telling. People born in Chen Wu and people aged 20 are all Dalinmu's life.

The theory of five elements is a kind of material view in ancient China, which refers to five ancient philosophical terms: gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and is mostly used in philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine and divination. The theory of five elements is caused by China ancients' lack of understanding of the world. It emphasizes the whole and aims to describe the movement form and transformation relationship of things. The meaning of the Five Elements Theory includes five basic trends in the evolution of Yin and Yang. Ancient philosophers in China used the theory of five elements to explain the formation of all things in the world and their relationships.