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197 1 What is the zodiac?

Is it a pig? (Lunar New Year, Gregorian calendar197165438+1October 27th-65438+February 1972)

The corresponding years of pigs are:191year, 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959,1.

The Year of the Pig is one of the twelve zodiac signs in the China calendar. The year of the pig in Jihai, the lunar calendar, starts on February 5, 20 19 and ends on October 24, 2020 10, which is also a normal year, with a total of 354 days.

Judgment method—

When the AD number is divided by 12, the year with the remainder of 3 is the year of the pig.

The formula is: the number of years in AD ÷ 12= a quotient, and the remainder is 3.

For example: 2007÷ 12= quotient 167, and the remainder is 3. So 2007 is the year of the pig.

Note that the above is only a rough correspondence, because the Gregorian calendar and the elephant trunk calendar in China, which are widely used in the world, are two different calendars. The Year of the Pig is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the zodiac year is attached to the calendar year of the trunk and branch, and the calendar year of the trunk and branch is the calendar year method of the trunk and branch. 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.

Extended data:

Year of pig culture-

Wild boar, with sharp teeth, hairy back like an arrow, is brave and aggressive, so some kind people like to wear pig-shaped ornaments. It is found that domestic pigs are particularly fertile, 35 to 20. Under the influence of reproductive worship, people naturally worship pigs. The Bates Mountain Classic describes 46 mountains, of which 20 villagers worship horses and 26 villagers worship pigs.

Ancient Wei (later Manchu) and ancient Hani, Lisu, etc. Their totem is also a pig; The Classic of Mountains and Seas also said that Changyi, the son of the Yellow Emperor and Luo Zu, "has a face and a beak, a scale and a canal, and a dolphin", which not only has a mouth like a pig, but also feet like a pig.

Pig worship is also reflected in pig dragon worship. In the ruins of Hongshan Culture from 5000 to 6000 years ago, the famous "Jade Pig Dragon" unearthed is an obvious example, and the early leader was also the image of a pig head.

As for the ancients who sacrificed with pigs, they needed pigs both in prison and in prison. In some cases, pigs (black) also need to sacrifice to the gods in the north. After the death of Han people, they will hold jade pigs in their hands, because pigs represent wealth.