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What does it mean to make livestock strong?

Building livestock in the yellow calendar refers to building huts for poultry and livestock to live in, such as chicken nests, pigsty and cowshed. In the Gregorian calendar, the word "Yi" means that this day is suitable for making livestock strong, while avoiding making livestock strong means that this day is not suitable, so it can be done another day.

Livestock refers to domesticated animals, including all kinds of livestock and poultry, including silkworms, bees, domestic fish and so on. But generally speaking, domestic animals refer to domesticated mammals, while the general six animals refer to horses, cows, sheep, chickens, pigs and dogs.

The Gregorian calendar, also known as the old Gregorian calendar and the imperial calendar, was born on the basis of the China lunar calendar. It is a perpetual calendar with good luck and bad luck every day. According to legend, the yellow calendar was created by Xuanyuan Huangdi, so it is called the yellow calendar. The main content of the Gregorian calendar is the 24 solar terms, as well as daily taboos, branches, values, stars, moon phases, good or bad luck and so on.

Interpretation of other terms in the Gregorian calendar:

(1) Sacrifice: In the traditional customs of China, offerings and ceremonies are used to sacrifice ancestors in ancestral temples or gods in temples.

(2) Ask the name: In the first two steps of the traditional wedding ceremony, the man asks the matchmaker to ask the woman's name, and after the woman promises to get married, the man asks the matchmaker to ask her name, date of birth, etc. And made a fortune in the ancestral temple.

(3) Marriage: According to the traditional custom in China, it is a good day for a man and a woman to get married.

(4) Seeking heirs: In the traditional customs of China, it is a matter of praying to God for heirs and descendants.

(5) Crown band: the ceremony of children growing up in China traditional customs.