Chinese New Year 2024: Green Wood Dragon
When is the Chinese New Year 2024?
The 2024 Chinese New Year Day is on Saturday, February 10, 2024 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 7:00 on 2024-02-10, in the China time zone.
Chinese New Year 2024 animal sign is the Green Dragon. 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 2024 is the Male Wooden Dragon.
Green is connected to Wood. Therefore, 2024 is also called
Green Wood Dragon Year.
The first day of the Green Dragon year is not the Chinese New Year Day in Chinese Astrology. The first day of the Tiger month is the first day of the Chinese Astrology year. This day is called Start of Spring,
which is the date when the sun enters the 315th degree on the tropical zodiac.
This day is around February 4, each year. 2024 Chinese
Green Dragon starts on February 4, 2024 in China's time zone. That means the Chinese Lunar New Year is not the first day of Green Dragon Year. If a baby is born before February 4, 2024, then the baby's zodiac sign is the Rabbit, not Dragon.
Coming Chinese New Year's Days
| Chinese New Year Dates in the China Time Zone |
| Year | Zodiac Animal Sign | New Year | First Zodiac |
|---|
| 2023 | Green Wood Dragon | Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023 | February 4, 2023 |
| 2024 | Green Wood Dragon | Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 | February 4, 2024 |
| 2025 | Green Wood Snake | Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 | February 3, 2025 |
| 2026 | Red Fire Horse | Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 | February 4, 2026 |
The new moon time determines the new moon date. The new moon time is at 7:00 on Saturday, February 10, 2024, in the China time zone. Therefore, Chinese New Year's Day is Saturday, February 10, 2024. The new moon time is at 15:00 on Friday, February 9, 2024, in the US Pacific time zone. Therefore, the 2024 Chinese New Year's Day is on Friday, February 9, 2024 in the Pacific Time zone.
| Chinese New Year Dates in US Pacific Time Zone |
| Year | Zodiac Animal Sign | New Year | First Zodiac |
|---|
| 2023 | Green Wood Dragon | Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023 | Feb. 3, 2023 |
| 2024 | Green Wood Dragon | Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 | Feb. 4, 2024 |
| 2025 | Green Wood Snake | Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 | Feb. 3, 2025 |
| 2026 | Red Fire Horse | Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 | Feb. 3, 2026 |
2024 National Chinese Holidays
How Old is China?
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 4721st year on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Female Wooden Dragon is the 41st Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since 4721 = (60 * 78) + 41, therefore 2024 of Wooden Dragon Year is the 4721th Chinese Year.
Some web sites say the year 2024 is the 4722nd Chinese year.
If you cannot find the explanation, here is a possible answer for you.
The Yellow King's inauguration was held in the spring of 2697 B.C.
But the calendar of Yellow King used the winter solstice day as the first day of the year.
The winter solstice was on around December 23rd, 2698 B.C.
Today's January 1st means nothing to Yellow King.
If we count that extra eight days in 2698 B.C. for a year, then the year 2023 is the 4722nd Chinese year.
2024 is the 4721st Chinese Year. However, Chinese civilization is up to 8000 years. 大地灣文化 The Dadiwan relics show the civilization of houses, palaces, cooking tools, color pottery, weapons, artifacts and agriculture. Archaeologists doubt the I-Ching was invested there.
What's meaning of Green Wood Dragon?
甲辰 Jia-Chen is the Chinese zodiac name of Stem-Branch calendar for 2024. Each zodiac is labeled with a name of Yin-Yang Five Elements. Jia is Yang Wood. Chen is Dragon. Therefore, the name of 2024 is called Yang-Wood Dragon. Yin is female and Yang is male. The color of Wood (tree) is Green. 2024 is the Male Green Wood Dragon year.
The first Stem-Branch name is found in the document around 1739 B.C. The original stems and branches only use for counting the days. Using Stem-Branch to count for Month, Hour and Year sequences began around 206 B.C. during Chin dynasty and Han dynasty. Using the season changing information, Chinese Yin Yang Five Element scholars converted all zodiac signs into five elements. The theory of Five Elements becomes the foundation of Chinese fortunetelling.
The essence of Wood is a tree.
Yang Wood is connected to a tall tree. The force inside the tree is like growing upward to the sky. Trees often compete with each other aggressively when growing up. Because of the characteristics of trees, Wood-type people are steadfast, organized, logical, practical, innovative, unique, assertive, fortitudinous, independent, challenging, and direct.
People with Wood-type personalities are kind, steady, sympathy-sharing, understanding, and gentle. Yang Wood is the first element of 10 Heavenly Stems. That's a symbol of beginning and leadership. The characteriscs of Yang Wood are growing impulsive, confident, reputable, prudent, stubborn, and responsible. Yang Wood is also associated with a tall building, landmark, or outstanding object.
The season of Yang Wood is early spring. The color of Yang Wood is green. The favorable location of Yang Wood is in the East.
Dragon is a legendary creature and a triphibian animal. It can be seen in the sky, on the ground, and under the water. It likes to hide behind the clouds in the sky. People cannot see its head and tail at the same time. It's a mysterious, cloudy, misty, blurred, energetic, majestic, and intelligent creature. It is also a symbol of power and wealth in China. Because Dragon can travel in the sky, it is connected to heaven in China. Many Chinese emperors wore imperial robes with dragon symbols.
The King of the Dragon has Nine Sons
Chinese Dragon Nine Dragon Painting
Dragon Philosophy of I-Ching: Six Dragons of Heaven
The Dragon is the fifth animal sign of 12 Earthly Branches. According to the Chinese Five Element theory, Dragon is in the Earth group. The elements inside the Dragon are Yang-Earth, Yin-Wood, and Yin-Water. Yang-Earth and Yin-Water are attracted to each other, they could transform into Fire. Chinese dragons can spit fire and water. Therefore, the dragon is unpredictable, untouchable, and unreachable.
Yang Wood Dragon ranks 41st out of 60 Stem-Branches. The Yang-Earth, Yin-Wood, and Yin-Water of the dragon are associated wtih mountain, grass, and cold water, respectively. The sign of the dragon is a lake surrounding with grass in the mountain. The nickname of the dragon is dam in Chinese astrology. Water is associated with money to the Dragon. The dam is dragon's storeroom of treasures.
Yang Wood is a tall tree and the dragon is the mountain. Yang Wood on the top of the dragon is that a tall tree stands on the top of mountain. The tree can grow taller and stronger because the dragon has a water reservoir.
Since the complicate combination of the five elements, the dragon is unpredictable and capricious. Yang Wood makes the Yin-Wood of the dragon prominent. Therefore, 2024 is a strong Wood year.
Tiger, Rabbit, and Dragon are the zodiacs of the Wood cycle. The Wood is associated with creation, innovation, and invention. 2022 was the year of the Tiger and people developed new ideas in the fetal stage during the COVID pandemic. 2023 was the year of the Rabbit and people are spending out and competing the ai technology like grass. 2024 is the year of the dragon and the future plans for ai technology become mature like a tall tree.
2024 Chinese Horoscope Forecasts
Chinese Fortune Calendar provides two different 2024 predictions. The first
method is the simple Chinese Zodiac Prediction
to analyze the relationship between Green Dragon and your zodiac sign. The second
method is the traditional Chinese
Five Element Astrology. It will read your complete Chinese Astrology birth
chart, Find Your Lucky
Element, then forecast your luck in the Green Dragon year. This way is
required your correct birthday and birth time.