How to calculate the age of the zodiac?

First of all, we should know the corresponding numbers of the zodiac: rat 1, cow 2, tiger 3, rabbit 4, dragon 5, snake 6, horse 7, sheep 8, monkey 9, chicken 10, dog 16, and pig 12.

It can be assumed that this year is the year of the dog, so the youngest dog is 1 year, the youngest chicken is 2 years old and the youngest monkey is 3 years old. According to this rule, count backwards.

People who belong to the same dog, at different ages, increase 12 years in each segment. For example, the youngest dog this year is 1 year old, then the older dog is 13 year old, and the older dog is 25 years old, and so on.

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The origin of the zodiac is very early. At the end of the Warring States period, twelve beasts with branches have appeared in Qin bamboo slips of Sleeping Tiger Land and Fangmatan. Their names and branches are similar to those of the later zodiac, and their usage and divination logic are also similar to those of the later zodiac. Therefore, it can be inferred that the Qin bamboo slips of Sleeping Tiger Land and Letting Horse Beach should be the embryonic form of the later Chinese Zodiac.

According to ancient books, in the ancient Central Plains, the "trunk and branch chronology method" was originally used, that is, the year was marked by 10 days. At the same time, there are also twelve kinds of animals that simply determine the year. In the Sui Dynasty, the calendar of the Central Plains spread to the nomadic people in the northwest of China, and only 12 kinds of animal chronologies were absorbed.

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