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Although the spring is cold, the arrival of the beginning of spring has announced the news that winter is going to spring. Not only that, for us Chinese, the new zodiac sign also comes with the arrival of spring.
Some people believe that the baby after the beginning of spring will belong to the next zodiac sign, that is, entering the Year of the Dragon, but others believe that the new year's zodiac should be counted from the Lunar New Year. Which statement is accurate? The beginning of spring in 2024 will arrive at 16:27 on February 4, and at this moment, we ushered in the Year of the Dragon. This is not just an empty year of the dragon, but also a more auspicious zodiac sign - the dragon. According to the algorithm of the Ganzhi chronology, the twelve earthly branches correspond to the twelve zodiac signs. The way to determine the zodiac for each solar term is: the beginning of spring begins, and the new year begins.
Therefore, if you look at it according to the Ganzhi calendar, the beginning of spring has already entered a new zodiac year. However, astronomical education expert Zhao Zhiheng has a different view. He instructed the public to be clear that no matter what, the starting point of the age of the zodiac is from the first month of the lunar calendar, and the beginning of spring or New Year's Day must not be regarded as the starting day of the zodiac.
In fact, in 2017, China has set up a special national standard for the definition and beginning of the year of the Chinese zodiac, "The Compilation and Promulgation of the Lunar Calendar". According to the standard, from the first day of the first month of the year to the Chinese New Year's Eve of the next year, it is the day when the zodiac sign (genus phase) is counted from the beginning to the end.