Zhengyue
Zhēngyuè is the first month of the year in the Chinese calendar. In general, the Vernal Showers are in Zhēngyuè. The name comes from the annual morale-building rite in ancient China.
Zhēngyuè 1 is the day of the rooster; Zhēngyuè 2 is the day of the dog; Zhēngyuè 3 is the day of the pig; Zhēngyuè 4 is the day of the goat; Zhēngyuè 5 is the day of the ox; Zhēngyuè 6 is the day of the horse; Zhēngyuè 7 is the day of the human.
Festivals
- New Year's Day is Zhēngyuè 1. The following New Year's Day is January 29, 2025, which is a statutory holiday.
- The Yuanxiao Festival is Zhēngyuè 15. The following Yuanxiao is February 12, 2025.
Birth
- Wu Zetian, the only female emperor of China, Zhēngyuè 23, 624
- Li Bai, a Chinese poet acclaimed to this day as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights, Zhēngyuè 16, 701
- Emperor Shunzong of Tang, an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, Zhēngyuè 12, 761
- Bai Juyi, a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty, Zhēngyuè 20, 772
- Emperor Xizong of Jin, an emperor of the Jin dynasty which controlled northern China from 1115 to 1234, Zhēngyuè 17, 1119
- Qiu Chuji, a Daoist disciple of Wang Chongyang, Zhēngyuè 9, 1148
- Itō Suketaka, a samurai, daimyō and twelfth family leader of the Itō clan, Zhēngyuè 15, 1559
- Li Hongzhang, a politician, general, and diplomat of the late Qing Empire, Zhēngyuè 5, 1823
- Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty, Zhēngyuè 14, 1906
Death
- Sun Jian, a military general and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Zhēngyuè 7, 191
- Guan Yu, a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Zhēngyuè 13, 220
- Cao Cao, a warlord and the penultimate chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty who rose to great power in the final years of the dynasty, Zhēngyuè 23, 220
- Emperor Xianzong of Tang, an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, Zhēngyuè 27, 820
- Emperor Yingzong of Song, the fifth emperor of the Song dynasty of China, Zhēngyuè 7, 1067
- Emperor Zhezong of Song, the seventh emperor of the Song dynasty of China, Zhēngyuè 12, 1100
- Kublai Khan, the fifth Khagan of the Ikh Mongol Uls, reigning from 1260 to 1294, and the founder of the Yuan dynasty in Mongolia and China, Zhēngyuè 22, 1294
- Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty and the first Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1644 to 1661, Zhēngyuè 30, 1638
- Qianlong Emperor, the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, Zhēngyuè 3, 1799
- Daoguang Emperor, a Qing emperor, Zhēngyuè 14, 1850