When is the year Bingwu?

When is the year Bingwu?

In the traditional Chinese stem and branch calendar, the year Bing and Wu is not an actual year combination. This is because the Heavenly Stems (Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui) and the Earthly Branches (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai) are paired in a fixed order to form a 60-year cycle of "Jia Zi". "B" in the heavenly stems and "W" in the earthly branches cannot be directly matched, so the expression "Bing and Wu years" is wrong. The following is a summary of the hot topics and hot content on the Internet in the past 10 days (as of October 2023), combined with the knowledge of zodiac signs and zodiac signs for popular science.

1. Inventory of hot topics on the Internet in the past 10 days

2. Popular science on the chronology of the stems and branches: Why is there no "Bing and Wu years"?

The stem and branch chronology is composed of the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and the matching rules are as follows:

It can be seen from the heavenly stem and earth domination table that the heavenly stem "B" can only be paired with the earthly branch "Zi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen, Xu" (such as the year of Bingzi and Bingyin), while the earthly branch "W" does not exist - it should actually be "Xu" or "Wu". Common misstatements include:

• Mistaking "E" as an earthly branch (actually the fifth celestial stem)
• Confusing the writing of "五" (wù) and "戌" (xū)

3. How to query the correct year of stems and branches

If you want to query the corresponding stems and branches of a certain year, you can use the following two methods:

4. Hotspot extension: the spread of traditional culture in contemporary times

Recently, Douyin’s #国学 topic has been viewed 12 billion times, and the video of Station B’s “Science Popularization of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches” has been viewed 500,000 times. Common questions from netizens include:

• Does "Bingwu Year" refer to "Bingxu Year" (such as 2006)?
• How to quickly memorize the sequence of 60 Jiazi?
• Does the zodiac start counting from the beginning of spring or the Spring Festival?

Expert advice: When disseminating traditional culture, attention should be paid to the accuracy of terminology and avoid spreading rumors. For professional content such as the chronology of the stems and branches, it is recommended to refer to the "Chinese Astronomical Almanac" or the calendar published by an authoritative organization.