The zodiac begins on the first day of the first lunar month. Why do some people directly regard beginning of spring or New Year's Day as the zodiac?

The zodiac is very important to our life. When looking at fortune or marriage matching, we always query the zodiac, but the first basis of the query is to find our own zodiac. So, is the zodiac counted from the first day of the first lunar month or from beginning of spring?

The basis of the zodiac is the chronology of branches, and the zodiac corresponds to twelve branches. Based on ugly children, it corresponds to rats, cows, tigers and rabbits. The Year of the Rat is the Year of the Rat, Shen Nian is the Year of the Monkey, the fourth year is year of the snake, and next year is the Year of the Loong. Zodiac is divided according to which day of the year. The dividing line between deadwood year and deadwood year is beginning of spring. In the lunar calendar, many people think that the beginning of a year is the Spring Festival, but this is actually a misunderstanding. This was misled by the beginning of the New Year in Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10 1. The New Year of the zodiac should begin in beginning of spring.

In ancient times, people's methods of mastering time were limited, and the concept of mathematics was not so full, so people adopted a method of calculating the year with 60 Jiazi and heavenly stems and earthly branches. Party A, Party B, Party C, Party D, Party E, Party B, Party G, Party A, Party B, Party C, Party D, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B, Party B. ? The beginning of spring? Date and hour are accurately calculated by calendar scholars according to the rotation and revolution of the earth, which has accurate scientific basis. Support to? The first day of the first month? As a reason to calculate the zodiac. 19 13 years, China stipulated in the form of documents that the Spring Festival began on the first day of the first month.

Zhao Shu, chairman of Beijing Folk Association, once said: beginning of spring is a solar term, and ancient people in China used it to serve agricultural production. But the beginning of spring is not the beginning of a year. Beginning of spring may be at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year, and sometimes there is no beginning of spring at all. The Spring Festival is traditionally used for life, indicating the boundary between two years and the beginning of a new year. Therefore, the calculation of the zodiac is of course bounded by the Lunar New Year.