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
Ranking | hot topics | heat index | Main platform |
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1 | Hangzhou Asian Games Closing Ceremony | 9.8 | Weibo, Douyin, Bilibili |
2 | Nobel Prize 2023 winners announced | 9.5 | WeChat, Zhihu, Toutiao |
3 | “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum | 9.2 | News client, Twitter |
4 | iPhone 15 heating issue controversial | 8.7 | Digital Forum, YouTube |
5 | OpenAI releases multi-modal model GPT-4V | 8.5 | Technology media, GitHub |
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:
Heavenly stem | Earthly Branches | Sample year |
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First | son | 1984 (Year of Jiazi) |
Second | ugly | 1985 (Yichou year) |
... | ... | ... |
Gui | Hai | 2043 (Year of Guihai) |
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:
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:
method | Operating Instructions | Example |
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Formula calculation | (Year-3) mod 60, the remainder corresponds to the stem and branch number | 2023-3=2020, 2020 mod 60=40 → Guimao year |
Online tools | Use the lunar calendar conversion tool or the stem and branch query website | Entering the year 2023 displays "Guimao Year" |
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:
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.
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