Why is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the north and the 24th in the south?

According to incomplete statistics and feedback from this comment area, the dates of off-year are different from place to place, not 23 in the north and 24 in the south. Generally speaking, there are several kinds:

First, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

Northern school-the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is also called off-year.

Northeast, northwest and most parts of North China.

Some areas west of Huaihe River are influenced by North China for geographical reasons, and there are also such customs, such as Hefei urban area and some areas.

"Shijiazhuang" Department-the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and New Year's Eve is called off-year.

I don't know if it is an island distribution, but it is temporarily named "Shijiazhuang Department".

My series is in northern Shaanxi-the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the sixth day of the first month.

Parts of northern Shaanxi.

Northern Shaanxi's two-year system-twelfth lunar month, the seventh day of the first month.

Parts of northern Shaanxi, Ordos.

"Bayannaoer" system-the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is also called off-year, and the seventh day of the first month is also off-year.

Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia, is located in the gap between Northern Shaanxi II and Northern Shaanxi, which should be the result of the influence of the customs of the two places.

Huaixi system-twelfth lunar month, the fifteenth day of the first month is called off-year.

Mainly in Nanjing and along the Yangtze River in southern Anhui, Chuzhou in central Anhui and eastern Hefei; Parts of eastern Henan, southern Hebei, northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu (Xingtai, Handan, Anyang, Xinxiang, Shangqiu, Kaifeng, Bengbu and Suqian); East Yunnan.

The latter two may be related to immigration in the early Ming Dynasty.

There is no off-year. The day before New Year's Eve is called off-year's Eve.

At present, it is mainly located in Ningshao area of eastern Zhejiang, including Ningbo, Shaoxing and Xiaoshan.

Huaidong II-the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, there is no off-year.

Mainly Nantong.

Guangfu-twelfth lunar month, no off-year.

It is preliminarily speculated that it is the whole Cantonese area.

Second, the twelfth lunar month.

Southern school-the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is also called off-year.

In addition to other areas listed in this article, the southern region. At present, there are Anqing in central Anhui, parts of the two lakes and parts of northern Jiangxi.

In addition, it belongs to Suzhou in northern Anhui.

Shangjiang series-the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve is called off-year.

Mainly distributed in parts of Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou, the specific distribution is unknown.

"Putian" department-twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve is called off-year

Putian in southern Fujian.

The first part of Huaidong-the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the fifth day of the first month.

Mainly Huaian.

"Susong" system-the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is called off-year, and the seventh day of the first month is also called off-year.

It seems to be in susong county, central Anhui, around Taihu County.

The second system of Shangjiang-twelfth lunar month, the fourteenth day of the first month is called off-year.

At present, there is northeast Sichuan (Bazhong).

I am in the series of Guangdong in Zhejiang-the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and there is no small festival. The day before New Year's Eve is called the small festival.

It is mainly distributed in southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, that is, most areas of Wu dialect area. The same is true of Taiwan Province Province, probably influenced by mainlanders who mainly speak Wu dialect in 49 years.

The third system of Huaidong-the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is no small year.

Mainly Taizhou.

III. Twenty-three and Twenty-four of the twelfth lunar month

Huaidong 4-23/24 of the twelfth lunar month is a sacrificial stove, and there is no off-year holiday.

Mainly Yancheng, divided into large and small stoves.

Chaoshan system-23/24 of the twelfth lunar month, no small year.

Mainly in Chaoshan area.

Fourth, the twelfth lunar month

Jiangyou system-the 25th of the twelfth lunar month is also called off-year.

It is mainly distributed in parts of northern Jiangxi, and Poyang County in Shangrao and most parts of Fuzhou are known at present.

5. The date of sacrifice is unknown.

Yunnan Department-twelfth lunar month, the 16th day of the first month is called off-year.

In some parts of Yunnan, the specific distribution is unknown.

Summary:

Generally speaking, the distribution of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing and Jiangsu and Anhui is the most complicated.

Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing are immigrant areas, with immigrants from Jianghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei and Jiangxi, and may also be influenced by local ethnic customs.

Jiangsu and Anhui span the north and south, and are influenced by five factors at the same time: Huaidong, Huaixi, Zhejiang, South and North.

As far as sacrificial stoves are concerned, there are indeed twenty-three in the north and twenty-four in the south, but twenty-three in the north is called off-year, and twenty-four in the south is not called off-year, or there is no off-year, or it is on New Year's Eve or the first day of the first month.

Therefore, the second half of the argument that off-year is 23 in the north and 24 in the south is very one-sided! !