What is an old almanac?

The old yellow calendar, also known as the yellow calendar and the imperial calendar, is a perpetual calendar based on the China lunar calendar, which brings good luck and bad luck every day. That is, the ancients recorded their daily likes and dislikes on the calendar as a guide to action. For example, it is not appropriate to break ground today, but you can move tomorrow and start a new stove the day after tomorrow.

According to legend, the old yellow calendar was created by Xuanyuan Huangdi, so it was called the yellow calendar. Later, it was calculated and published by Qin Tian Jian, so it was also called the imperial calendar. This includes not only astronomy, meteorology, seasons, but also some taboos that people should abide by in their daily lives to guide the farming opportunities of working farmers in China, so South China is also called the general book. However, because the word "book" in Tongshu is homophonic with the word "lose", it is also called "Tong Sheng" because it is taboo.

Today, with the progress of science, many people think that the old almanac is a derogatory term, which means superstition. So is there any scientific truth in the old almanac? Actually, there is. At least based on the concept of statistics, the old almanac is worthy of scrutiny and inspection.

There is no denying that the ancients were superstitious. However, the ancients were not idiots. Many experiences in old calendars are summed up through a lot of practice. From generation to generation, the application is consistent with the natural phenomena of heaven and earth and human society. This is the essence. The theoretical basis can be found in a very important book "Jieji Frontier Defense Book" in the Kangxi period.

Of course, the old almanac was criticized as dross in a certain period of time and was also used as a joke by a comedian. In recent years, with the recovery of traditional culture and the psychology of advocating Hong Kong and Taiwan, the old almanac that has disappeared for decades has returned to people's lives. Unfortunately, few people can understand the Yellow Calendar, which originally belonged to China folk culture.