Zhengyue

Zhēngyuè
Chinese name
Chinese正月
Hanyu PinyinZhēngyuè
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhēngyuè
Korean name
Hangul정월
Hanja正月
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationJeongwol
Traditional Korean name
Hangul호랑이달
Hanja寅月
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHorangidal
Japanese name
Kanji一月
Kanaいちがつ
Transcriptions
RomanizationIchigatsu
Traditional Japanese name
Kanji睦月
Kanaむつき
Transcriptions
RomanizationMutsuki

Zhēngyuè (Chinese: 正月) is the first month of the Chinese calendar and calendars based on it, such as the Japanese calendar, Korean calendar and Vietnamese calendar. It follows Làyuè and precedes Èryuè. It is known in Japanese as Ichigatsu (Japanese: 一月) or traditionally Mutsuki (Japanese: 睦月), and in Korean as Jeongwol (Korean: 정월; Hanja: 正月) or traditionally Horangidal (Korean: 호랑이달; Hanja: 寅月). All of these words can also refer to the month of January in the Gregorian calendar.

Names

In Mandarin Chinese, traditional names of the month include yuányuè (Chinese: 元月), zōuyuè (Chinese: 陬月), and duānyuè (Chinese: 端月).

In Japanese, the month is known as ichigatsu (Japanese: 一月) or traditionally mutsuki (Japanese: 睦月). According to the 12th century poet Fujiwara no Kiyosuke, mutsuki is named after the friendly/afffectionate (Japanese: 睦まじい, romanized: mutsumajī) gatherings of relatives at the beginning of the year. Alternatively, it may come from もとつ月, meaning the first or original month.

Observances

Births

Deaths

Dates

Below is a list of the start and end dates of Zhēngyuè in the Gregorian calendar. Because the 1-hour difference between China and Japan/Korea occasionally affects the date on which a new moon occurs, the dates below can differ from those of the Japanese and Korean calendars.

Dates of Zhēngyuè
Year First day Last day
2016 8 February 8 March
2017 28 January 25 February
2018 16 February 16 March
2019 5 February 6 March
2020 25 January 22 February
2021 12 February 12 March
2022 1 February 2 March
2023 22 January 19 February
2024 10 February 9 March
2025 29 January 27 February
2026 17 February 18 March
2027 6 February 7 March
2028 26 January 24 February
2029 13 February 14 March
2030 3 February 3 March
2031 23 January 20 February
2032 11 February 11 March
2033 31 January 28 February
2034 19 February 19 March
2035 8 February 9 March
2036 28 January 26 February

References

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  4. ↑ "元月". 漢典 (in Chinese).
  5. ↑ "陬月". 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Ministry of Education, Republic of China.
  6. ↑ "端月". 漢典 (in Chinese).
  7. ↑ "Spring festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of traditional new year". UNESCO.
  8. ↑ "元宵節". 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Ministry of Education, Republic of China.
  9. ↑ Yumiyama, Tatsuya. "Jinjitsu". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugakuin University.
  10. ↑ Xu Aiying; Sohn JiAe (2 March 2018). "Enjoy healthy food on first full moon of new lunar year". Korea.net.
  11. ↑ Kawauso (15 June 2013). "2013年、日本と中国の旧暦の日付が違ってます". こよみのページ (in Japanese).
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