The Year of the Rabbit is counted from beginning of spring in the twenty-four solar terms, because the year of the zodiac is attached to the calendar year of the main branch, and the calendar year of the main branch is the calendar year method of the main 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. 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.
The trunk calendar is a calendar marked with 60 different heavenly stems and earthly branches, which is a unique solar calendar in China. It takes beginning of spring as the beginning of the year, and divides the year into twelve months with twenty-four solar terms. Every month contains two solar terms, and there is no leap month. The dry calendar is related to the periodic movement of the earth around the sun, which can reflect the climate change throughout the year.
Since ancient times, the Ganzhi calendar has been widely recognized by the government and the people, and has been applied to astronomy, geomantic omen, numerology, choice and traditional Chinese medicine, and recorded in the official almanac of past dynasties (that is, the Yellow Calendar).
The legend of the rabbit:
Jade rabbit's statement: the moon. Legend has it that there is a white rabbit in the moon called the moon. Fu Xuan's "Quasi-Heaven": "What's in the moon, the big white rabbit is working on medicine." Jia Dao wrote in the poem "To Zhi Lang Zen Master": "There is no jade rabbit in the Ming Dynasty." Xin Qiji, "Man Jiang Hong? Mid-Autumn Festival: "Who wants to climb the stairs to see the Jade Rabbit, and who will build the Yinque?" The idiom "the golden bird sets in the west and the jade rabbit rises in the east" comes into being. Look at the golden bird.
Ancient myths and legends say that there is a white rabbit on the moon. It's called the Moon Rabbit. Also known as the Moon Rabbit. The first volume of Yi Wen Ji quoted Han and Liu Xiang's Five Classics Tongyi: "What is a rabbit and toad in the moon?" Moon, Yin, toad, Yang, rabbit, Yin is Yang. " Brilliant literary talent makes great achievements. Fu Xian's "Quasi-Heaven Question": "What is the moon? The white rabbit smashed the medicine. "
The rotten talk on Yu Yan's desk: "Fools say that rabbits belong to the sun, so-called rabbits in the moon, and sunlight in the moon ... secular people say that there are rabbits in the moon, which is ridiculous." The Moon Rabbit also refers to a white rabbit who rose to the Moon Palace with Chang 'e in the fairy tale the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. There are many quotations in ancient poems, which also refer to the moon.