The 2022 Chinese New Year Day is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, in China’s time zone. This day is the new moon day of the first Chinese lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system. The exact new moon time is at 13:46 on 2022-02-01, in the China time zone.
February 4, 2022, is the first date of Chinese zodiac Tiger year. February 4, 2022, is also the opening date of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The new moon time determines the new moon date. The new moon time is at 13:46 on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, in the China time zone. Therefore, Chinese New Year Day is Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The new moon time is at 15:01 on Monday, January 31, 2022, in the US Pacific time zone. Therefore, the 2022 Chinese New Year Day is on Monday, January 31, 2022, in the Pacific Time zone.
Chinese New Year 2022 animal sign is the Black Tiger. Chinese calendar combines solar, lunar, and 60 Stem-Branch counting systems. The 60 Stem-Branch calendar uses the names of Yin-Yang Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth) and 12 animals to rank the sequences. Five elements are connected to five colors – White, Black, Green, Red, and Brown. So Chinese use the color animal name to count the year. The name of 2022 is the Yang-Water Tiger. Black is connected to Water. Therefore, 2022 is also called Black Water Tiger Year.
Tiger is the third animal sign of 12 Earthly Branches. Tiger is in the Wood group according to the Chinese Five Element theory. Tiger is Yang-Wood, which is the big tree in the spring. Tiger month is February, the beginning month of the spring season. The weather is still a little cold. The Wood of Tiger waits for the warm weather to grow up. Tiger is a carnivore. It is often alone, not gregarious, and difficult to get along. Tiger has a domineering temper and authoritative air. The characteristics of Tiger are bold, resolute, unyielding, dictatorial, arbitrary, ambitious and full of self-confidence.
The Chinese believe that the first king of China was the Yellow King (he was not the first emperor of China). The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore China will enter the 4719th year on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Yang-Water Tiger is the 39th Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since 4719 = (60 * 78) + 39, therefore 2022 of Water Tiger Year is the 4719th Chinese Year.
（From the network）
Post time: Jan-31-2022