Now there is only a small tail left in the Year of the Tiger. Soon, we will enter the Year of the Rabbit. But next year, the Year of the Guimao Rabbit, is no ordinary year. Old people call it the "Year of the Black Rabbit." When many people hear the name "Black Rabbit", they thin

Now there is only a small tail left in the Year of the Tiger. Soon, we will enter the Year of the Rabbit .

But next year, the Year of the Guimao Rabbit, is no ordinary year. The old people call it the "Year of the Black Rabbit" .

Many people feel mysterious and unlucky when they hear the name "Black Rabbit", and think that next year will be a bad year. However, some people say that water is wealth. The year of the black rabbit is and the fiscal year is , and there will be big fortunes next year.

So, where did the term “Year of the Black Rabbit” come from? Is it good or bad?

First of all, let me explain to you why the Year of Guimao is called the "Year of the Black Rabbit".

As we all know, China’s traditional counting method is the counting of stems and branches. People match the ten heavenly stems with and the twelve earthly branches in order, and combine them in a fixed order, with one week every 60 years, and the cycle continues.

The year 2023 coincides with the year of Guimao, and "Gui" is the Heavenly Stem. The ancients believed that all things in the world are inseparable from the five elements, so they assigned the heavenly stems and earthly branches to the five elements attribute . The five elements corresponding to "gui" are "water", and the color of water is black.

Therefore, in people's eyes, the Year of Guimao is the "Year of the Black Rabbit".

From here we can see that the "Year of the Black Rabbit" is actually just a name derived from the five elements, and there is no such thing as auspicious or unlucky.