199565438+1October 20th Am I a pig or a dog?
Judgment method—
A year in which the number of AD is divided by 12 and the remainder is 2.
The formula is: the number of years in AD ÷ 12= a quotient, and the remainder is 2.
For example: 20 18
2018 ÷12 =168, leaving 2. The quotient is 168, and the remainder is 2. So 20 18 is the year of the dog.
The year of the dog is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the zodiac is attached to the year of the dry branch, which is the year method of the dry branch calendar. The same is true of the official almanac of past dynasties (that is, the Yellow Calendar). There is no doubt that the lunar calendar only uses branches to mark the year, which ranges from the first day of the first month to New Year's Eve.
Lunar calendar and trunk calendar are two different calendars, which are different in the starting point of a year, the division rules of months and the number of days in each year. Due to the use of the Gregorian calendar after the Republic of China, many people, including a few so-called experts, lack calendar knowledge, so the two are often confused.
Extended data:
Dog, also known as "dog", is a very common canine mammal with scientific names of "domestic dog" and "six animals". Some scientists believe that dogs were domesticated by early humans from gray wolves. The domestication time was from 40,000 years ago to 1.5 million years ago. Nowadays, dogs are called "the most loyal friends of mankind" and are the pets with the highest keeping rate. Its life span is about ten years.
Dogs can be seen in many folk arts and crafts works created with various materials and methods. For example, dogs have appeared in the decorative patterns of woodcut New Year pictures, paper-cuts, sculptures, clay sculptures, embroidery, ceramic utensils and residential buildings. The reason for its frequent appearance naturally lies in the closer relationship between dogs and people than other domestic animals.
The ancients regarded dogs as rich and auspicious things, so they were often named after dogs and dogs. Open an ancient history of China, and many people are named after dogs. It is not uncommon in cultural relics and archaeological materials unearthed in modern times. For example, princes named after "dog" and "dog" include Tao Yang Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Ruyi, born to Mrs. Qi, was nicknamed "dog", and a son in the Eastern Han Dynasty was named "tiger dog", also called Xiang.
Writer Sima Xiangru, also known as "Dog", Jin Dynasty poet Tao Yuanming, nicknamed "Creek Dog". As for the common people, there are more dogs. People often named their children after dogs, not only because of their auspicious accidents, but also because dogs were popular in ancient society and parents loved dogs, so they named their children after dogs. In Song Dynasty, because both Song Huizong and Zhao Ji belonged to dogs, Song people regarded dogs as gods. Not only do they not kill or eat dogs, but they also take dogs as their surnames and first names.