Experts have different opinions on whether the replacement standard of the zodiac is beginning of spring or Spring Festival.

As for the replacement standard of the zodiac, all previous dynasties officially adopted the year of the zodiac (the main branch) from the first day of the first month. The various viewpoints and arguments of "Spring School" are specious, mostly due to subjective attachment and imagination, and the misinterpretation of history according to personal preferences simply cannot stand scrutiny.

First, the modern official legal standard is the first day of the first month.

In 20 17, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standards Committee approved the publication of Compilation and Promulgation of Lunar Calendar.

Full text of standard: national standard |GB/T 3366 1-20 17.

State Administration for Standardization

Second, as ancient national standards, the Yellow Calendar and official history also started from the first day of the first month. The important point of beginning of spring School is that the traditional almanac began in beginning of spring, but it only quoted the so-called almanac written by modern people and found on fortune-telling websites. These "yellow calendars" are often not even found by the author himself, so they are not authoritative at all. Let's take a look at the real ancient yellow calendar. In fact, there is no ancient almanac or paper almanac published in Hongkong and Taiwan Province based on beginning of spring Theory.