Is the birth year according to the solar calendar or the lunar calendar?

The animal year is based on the lunar calendar.

The zodiac year used to be the year when the five elements return to destiny, that is, the zodiac year in 60 years. Now it refers to the year in which the zodiac signs of the lunar calendar occur once in twelve years, commonly known as the zodiac year.

The time calculation of the animal year is from the first day of the lunar calendar (Spring Festival) to the last day of the twelfth lunar month of that year (New Year's Eve). For example, the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2010 is February 14 in the Gregorian calendar, and the last day of the twelfth lunar month in that year is February 2, 2011 in the Gregorian calendar. If someone is born in the year of Tiger and was born after February 14, 2010, then February 14, 2010 to February 2, 2011 is his birth year.

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In traditional customs, animal year is often considered an unlucky year. The folk song "If you are guilty of Tai Sui in your zodiac year, if you have Tai Sui on your head, there will be misfortune if you are not happy" is the best portrayal of the unlucky zodiac year. Therefore, people usually call the "birth year" also the "threshold year", that is, passing the birth year is like stepping into a threshold.

Every time when the animal year comes, in all parts of the north, both adults and children need to wear a red belt, commonly known as "tie red." Children also need to wear red vests and red pants. It is believed that this can attract good luck, avoid evil, and eliminate bad luck. Avoid disaster. During the Spring Festival, red and yellow silk ribbons with "auspicious belts" and "auspicious knots" are sold everywhere in the market. People in the year of their birth tie them around their waists and wrists. They are also a way for working people to dispel evil, avoid disasters, and pray for blessings. good wishes.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Ben Ming Nian