First, remember the year.
The "dry branch" method used to record the year of calligraphy works is commonly known as "Jiazi". For example, 2020 is the year of "Geng Zi" in the lunar calendar, and 202 1 next year is the year of "Xin Chou", and so on, with a cycle of 60 years, commonly known as "Sixty Years of Hua Jia Zi":
1, Jiazi, 2, Ugly B, 3, Bingyin, 4, Ding Mao, 5, Chen Wu, 6, 7, Wu Geng, 8, 9, Ren Shen, 10, Gui You, 1 17, and. 38, Xin Chou, 39, Ren Yin, 40, Gui Mao, 4 1, Chen Jia, 42, Yi Si, 43, Wu Bing, 44, 45, Wu Shen, 46, 47, 46.
Second, remember the season.
The lunar calendar is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, that is, February and March are spring, April, May and June are summer, July, August and September are autumn, and 10,1,1February is winter. In ancient times, the ranking order of brothers and sisters was Meng, Zhong and Ji, with Meng the longest, Zhong the second and Ji the third (Meng the longest, Zhong the second and Ji the third). Therefore, Meng Chun, Midspring and Ji Chun are in April, February and March, and Xia Meng, Midsummer, the last month of summer, July, August and September respectively. October, November and December are called the Winter Solstice, Midwinter and Ji Dong respectively. There are also nicknames for some seasons, such as Yangchun, Fangchun, Qingyang, Sunny, Yangzhong, Sanchun and Jiuchun. The nicknames of summer are Zhu Xia, Zhu Ming, Haotian, Changying, Sanxia and Jiuxia. The nicknames for autumn are Su Qiu, Qiu Jin, Shangqiu, Shang Jie, Su Shang, Su Jie, Jintian, Shang Gao, Sanqiu and Jiuqiu, and the nicknames for winter are Dong, Anning, Xuan Ying, Sandong and Jiudong.