Ten days and twelve earthly branches together represent the year.
Ten dry words: encounter, enlightenment, gentleness, firmness, harmony, Tu Youyou, shangzhang, heavy light, mystery and sunshine.
The ordinal numbers of Rhizoma Drynariae are: 1 (A), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4 (D), 5 (E), 6 (F), 7 (G), 8 (Xin), 9 (N), 10 (D).
The ordinal numbers of earthly branches are as follows: 1 (Yin), 2 (Mao), 3 (Chen), 4 (Si), 5 (noon), 6 (Not), 7 (Shen), 8 (unitary), 9 (Xu), 10 (.
The twelve earthly branches correspond to the zodiac: mouse, ugly cow, silver tiger, hairy rabbit, dragon, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig.
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The annals of cadres and branches are the concentrated expression of China culture and the crystallization of the wisdom of sages. Today, it is not out of date and still exists in the hearts of every Chinese son and daughter.
Since the founding of New China, the inheritance and development of traditional culture have experienced numerous setbacks, but the traditional culture has survived with its tenacious vitality. Heavenly stems and earthly branches chronology is one of them, and we firmly believe that it will continue to be passed down and carried forward.
Archaeological findings show that in the late Shang Dynasty, a piece of Oracle bone of Emperor Di Yi was engraved with 60 complete Oracle bones, which may be the calendar at that time. This also shows that in the Shang Dynasty, the dry calendar was already in use. According to textual research, there was a solar eclipse in Lu Yingong in the Spring and Autumn Period from February (February 720 BC 10). This is more exact evidence that China used the Ganzhi calendar. The use of the title of the emperor is the title of Jianyuan in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
With the cooperation of heavenly stems and earthly branches, we created a cycle of 60 hours, 60 days, 60 months and 60 years, which was repeated in an orderly manner and formed a stable periodic law. Because the cycle of cooperation between stem and branch begins with heavenly stem "A" and earthly branch "Zi", people call this cycle with 60 as a process "Jia Zi".
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