Metal dragon

庚辰

The metal dragon ( Gengchen ( Chinese  庚辰 , Pinyin gēngchén )) is the 17th 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 fifth earth branch ( 辰 , chén ), symbolized by the dragon ( 龍 , lóng ), 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 Dragon year began in 2000 and lasted from February 5, 2000 to January 23, 2001 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Dragon Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal dragon 庚辰 gēngchén is the 17th year (at the beginning of the year: earth rabbit 己卯 jǐmǎo 16).

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	2681 BC Chr.	2621 BC Chr.	2561 BC Chr.	2501 BC Chr.	2441 BC Chr.	2381 BC Chr.	2321 BC Chr.	2261 BC Chr.	2201 BC Chr.	2141 BC Chr.
10	2081 BC Chr.	2021 BC Chr.	1961 BC Chr.	1901 BC Chr.	1841 BC Chr.	1781 BC Chr.	1721 BC Chr.	1661 BC Chr.	1601 BC Chr.	1541 BC Chr.
20th	1481 BC Chr.	1421 BC Chr.	1361 BC Chr.	1301 BC Chr.	1241 BC Chr.	1181 BC Chr.	1121 BC Chr.	1061 BC Chr.	1001 BC Chr.	941 BC Chr.
30th	881 BC Chr.	821 BC Chr.	761 BC Chr.	701 BC Chr.	641 BC Chr.	581 BC Chr.	521 BC Chr.	461 BC Chr.	401 BC Chr.	341 BC Chr.
40	281 BC Chr.	221 BC Chr.	161 BC Chr.	101 BC Chr.	41 BC Chr.	20th	80	140	200	260
50	320	380	440	500	560	620	680	740	800	860
60	920	980	1040	1100	1160	1220	1280	1340	1400	1460
70	1520	1580	1640	1700	1760	1820	1880	1940	2000	2060
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35th cycle corresponds to 581 v. Chr.