First month of the year in the Chinese calendar
Zhēngyuè is the firstmonth of theyear in theChinese calendar. In general, the Vernal Showers are in Zhēngyuè. The name comes from the annualmorale-buildingrite (Chinese:正旦大朝) inancient China.
Zhēngyuè 1 is theday of therooster; Zhēngyuè 2 is the day of thedog; Zhēngyuè 3 is the day of thepig; Zhēngyuè 4 is the day of thegoat; Zhēngyuè 5 is the day of theox; Zhēngyuè 6 is the day of thehorse; Zhēngyuè 7 is the day of thehuman.
- Wu Zetian, the onlyfemaleemperor ofChina, Zhēngyuè 23, 624
- Li Bai, a Chinesepoet acclaimed to this day as agenius and romantic figure who took traditionalpoetic forms to new heights, Zhēngyuè 16, 701
- Emperor Shunzong of Tang, an emperor of the ChineseTang dynasty, Zhēngyuè 12, 761
- Bai Juyi, a Chinesepoet of the Tang dynasty, Zhēngyuè 20, 772
- Emperor Xizong of Jin, an emperor of theJin dynasty which controlled northern China from 1115 to 1234, Zhēngyuè 17, 1119
- Qiu Chuji, aDaoistdisciple ofWang Chongyang, Zhēngyuè 9, 1148
- Itō Suketaka, a samurai, daimyō and twelfth family leader of the Itō clan, Zhēngyuè 15, 1559
- Li Hongzhang, apolitician,general, anddiplomat of the lateQing Empire, Zhēngyuè 5, 1823
- Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China and the twelfth and final ruler of theQing dynasty, Zhēngyuè 14, 1906
- Sun Jian, a military general andwarlord who lived in the lateEastern Han dynasty, Zhēngyuè 7, 191
- Guan Yu, a general serving under the warlordLiu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Zhēngyuè 13, 220
- Cao Cao, a warlord and the penultimatechancellor 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 theSong 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 fifthKhagan (Great Khan) of the Ikh Mongol Uls (Mongol Empire),reigning from 1260 to 1294, and the founder of theYuan dynasty inMongolia 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 theManchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, Zhēngyuè 3, 1799
- Daoguang Emperor, a Qing emperor, Zhēngyuè 14, 1850
