China News Service, Nanjing, April 8 (Xu Shanshan) Wang Kechao, director of science popularization at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced on April 8 that from 7 to 9 o'clock on April 10, the first "Year of the Dragon and Dragon Moon" in 2024 will be ushered in. "Dragon Sun and Dragon Hour". This year, the "Year of the Dragon, Dragon Moon, Dragon Sun, Dragon Hour" will appear three times.
What is "Dragon Year, Dragon Moon, Dragon Sun, Dragon Hour"? Wang Kechao said that according to the traditional Chinese chronological system of heavenly stems and earthly branches, "dragon year, dragon month, dragon sun, and dragon hour" means Chen year, Chen month, Chen day and Chen hour, combined with the twelve zodiac signs corresponding to each earthly branch, this period Among the eight characters of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, all the earthly branches are Chenlong.
Wang Kechao introduced that ancient China adopted the "Gan-Zhi Calendar", which consists of 60 different groups of names consisting of 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches, which are used to represent the order of year, month and day, and are used cyclically.
This year's three "Year of the Dragon, Dragon Moon, Dragon Sun and Dragon Hour" are from 7:00 to 9:00 on the second day of the third lunar month (April 10), that is, Jiachen year, Wuchen month, Jiachen day, and Wuchen hour; March of the lunar calendar 7:00 to 9:00 on the 14th (April 22), that is, Jiachen year, Wuchen month, Bingchen day, and Renchen hour; 7:00 to 9:00 on the 26th of the third lunar month (May 4), that is, Jia Chen year, Wuchen month, Wuchen day, Bingchen hour.
"Is there anything different at this time?" "Such a day must be particularly auspicious, right?" In response to the doubts of some netizens on social platforms, Wang Kechao explained, "This is just an interesting phenomenon of the Chinese lunar calendar using the heavenly stems and earthly branches. There is no There is no need to over-interpret any special meaning." (End)