20 13 is the fourth year of the lunar calendar in year of the snake. Because this year's "beginning of spring" happened before the first month, it was considered as a "spring-free year" by some people, which caused the problem of marriage and childbearing. Experts pointed out that this is an artificial calendar arrangement and has nothing to do with "Heaven" and "God's will". On the contrary, the Lunar New Year was spent in beginning of spring.
Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. Beginning of spring Day on 20 13 is February 4th in Gregorian calendar, while New Year's Day is February 10. The year when there is no "beginning of spring" in the lunar calendar is regarded as a "spring-free year" by the people, and in some areas it is appended as "widowed year" and "dumb year".
"Spring is the season of sowing, and it is also a symbol of the growth of everything and the love between men and women. Therefore, there is an old custom that' the year without spring' is not suitable for marriage and childbirth. " Shi Yunli, a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China and an expert in the history of astronomy, explained that this is purely an understanding. Because the lunar calendar in China adopts the "lunar calendar", the year of the solar calendar is about 1 1 day longer than the lunar calendar. In order to adjust this "dislocation", 1 leap month is artificially added every three years. "Twenty-four solar terms are a division in the solar calendar. When solar terms with basically fixed dates are combined with lunar years with different lengths, the so-called "double spring years", "single spring years" and "no spring years" appear. This calendar arrangement has nothing to do with natural changes and will not affect normal life. "
"Actually, year of the snake started not in beginning of spring, but in beginning of spring." Shi Yunli said that a solar term is 15 days, which is divided into three periods. For example, "beginning of spring" means "the east wind thaws, the second phase of the sting insect starts to vibrate, and the fish will lose ice in the third phase". "So, from February 4 to February 8, 20 13, it was the' beginning of spring' solar term, and the Lunar New Year ushered in the' beginning of spring'."
Influenced by the saying that there is no spring year, some people get married together at the end of the Year of the Loong, or postpone the wedding date for one year. Shi Yunli said that most people are unsociable, and what they need is a more scientific and reasonable cultural explanation. "Getting married and having children together will make wedding services crowded, raise prices, and artificially create a' peak year' for future enrollment and employment.