April 10 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. will usher in the first "Year of the Dragon, Dragon Moon, Dragon Day, Dragon Hour" of the year. This year, there will be three "Year of the Dragon", which is an interesting phenomenon formed by using the traditional stem branch and zodiac rules to mark the year, month, day, and hour.
A, B, C, D, pente, hexagen, xin, non and decay are ten heavenly stems, and Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xuhai is 12 earthly branches, and they are arranged into 60 stem branch combinations: Jiazi and Yichou...... 癸海, in order to record the chronological and daily sequences, and so on. The lunar calendar in the mainland still follows the Ganzhi year and the day, for example, this year is the year of the Jiachen Dragon. Lunar days are named according to the numerical order and the Ganzhi method.
"The ancients of the mainland corresponded to each earth branch with the 12 zodiac signs, this year is the year of the dragon, the so-called dragon month, dragon day, and dragon time are the moon, the day, and the time. According to Wang Kechao, director of science popularization at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, there will be three dragon days in the dragon month of the year of the dragon in 2024, so there will be three "dragon months and dragon days in the year of the dragon", which will be from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on April 10, April 22 and May 4.
Two dragons play with pearls paper-cutting
So the question is, this year's first "Year of the Dragon, Dragon Moon, Dragon Day, Dragon Time", what are you going to do? Please walk by, leave a word in the comment area, and then go~
Source: Financial Times client
Reporter: Li Danlin
Editor: Liu Nengjing
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