Metal monkey

庚申

The metal monkey ( Gengshen ( Chinese  庚申 , Pinyin gēngshēn )) is the 57th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and describes those lunar years that are linked by a connection between the seventh heavenly stem ( 庚 , gēng , element metal and Yáng ) and the ninth earth branch ( 申 , shēn ), symbolized by the monkey ( 猴 , hóu ), are characterized.

60-year cycle ( 干支 gānzhī)
阳 Yáng (odd years) 阴 Yin (even years) The 5 elements : wood fire earth metal water
Animal 地支	子	丑	寅	卯	辰	巳	午	未	申	酉	戌	亥
Year 天干 地支	1 甲 子	2 乙 丑	3 丙 寅	4 丁 卯	5 戊 辰	6 己 巳	7 庚 午	8 辛 Unfilled	9 壬 申	10 癸 酉	11 甲 戌	12 乙 亥
Year 天干 地支	13 丙 子	14 丁 丑	15 戊 寅	16 己 卯	17 庚 辰	18 辛 巳	19 壬 午	20 癸 Unfilled	21 甲 申	22 乙 酉	23 丙 戌	24 丁 亥
Year 天干 地支	25 戊 子	26 己 丑	27 庚 寅	28 辛 卯	29 壬 辰	30 癸 巳	31 甲 午	32 乙 Unfilled	33 丙 申	34 丁 酉	35 戊 戌	36 己 亥
Year 天干 地支	37 庚 子	38 辛 丑	39 壬 寅	40 癸 卯	41 甲 辰	42 乙 巳	43 丙 午	44 丁 Unfilled	45 戊 申	46 己 酉	47 庚 戌	48 辛 亥
Year 天干 地支	49 壬 子	50 癸 丑	51 甲 寅	52 乙 卯	53 丙 辰	54 丁 巳	55 戊 午	56 己 Unfilled	57 庚 申	58 辛 酉	59 壬 戌	60 癸 亥

According to the Chinese calendar , such a connection occurs every 60 years. The last Metal Monkey year began in 1980 and lasted from February 16, 1980 to February 4, 1981 , due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Monkey Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal monkey 庚申 gēngshēn is the 57th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-sheep 己未 jǐwèi 56).

List of 60-year cycles (end of cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government) (beginning of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì government)
	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2641 BC Chr.	2581 BC Chr.	2521 BC Chr.	2461 BC Chr.	2401 BC Chr.	2341 BC Chr.	2281 BC Chr.	2221 BC Chr.	2161 BC Chr.	2101 BC Chr.
10	2041 BC Chr.	1981 BC Chr.	1921 BC Chr.	1861 BC Chr.	1801 BC Chr.	1741 BC Chr.	1681 BC Chr.	1621 BC Chr.	1561 BC Chr.	1501 BC Chr.
20th	1441 BC Chr.	1381 BC Chr.	1321 BC Chr.	1261 BC Chr.	1201 BC Chr.	1141 BC Chr.	1081 BC Chr.	1021 BC Chr.	961 BC Chr.	901 BC Chr.
30th	841 BC Chr.	781 BC Chr.	721 BC Chr.	661 BC Chr.	601 BC Chr.	541 BC Chr.	481 BC Chr.	421 BC Chr.	361 BC Chr.	301 BC Chr.
40	241 BC Chr.	181 BC Chr.	121 BC Chr.	61 BC Chr.	1 v. Chr.	60	120	180	240	300
50	360	420	480	540	600	660	720	780	840	900
60	960	1020	1080	1140	1200	1260	1320	1380	1440	1500
70	1560	1620	1680	1740	1800	1860	1920	1980	2040	2100
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35. cycle corresponds to 541 v. Chr.

Metal monkey tag

The day of the metal monkey (Japanese kōshin ) has a special meaning in the Japanese Kōshin belief .