Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - What do you mean by "mocking the West"?

What do you mean by "mocking the West"?

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by "cruelty to the west" ... If you read it on the news, it means that some aspects of the west are in trouble and have taken great pains.

There is also the meaning of the word shaxi here.

Shaxi:

In China's traditional old calendar (Yellow Calendar), the expression of "West" means not to go west or do business, and avoid doing things in this direction. Dongsha, Shaxi, Anshan and Shabei mean that an animal is not suitable to walk in a certain direction at a certain time ... Every day, such as "running monkeys, running chickens to the north" and "running chickens", that is, meridian collision, ugly collision, Shen Yin collision, You Mao collision, Chen Xu collision and Hayes collision, and then twelve places are matched with the twelve zodiac signs, namely rats, ugly cows, yin tigers and Hayes. Therefore, every Children's Day, and noon rush, are "rushing horses"; Yin Ri and Shen, or "Running Monkey" Huang Li, set up this section to tell people not to choose those days that conflict with their genus. The old goblin who often lives in the four seasons has become the "Yin Qi of the four seasons". It is extremely vicious and can travel in the sky. It is forbidden to drill wells, repair camps or relocate in situ. If you accidentally violate this point, your offspring and livestock will be hurt. However, the location of the old evil spirit is easy to find. From the second day, due south, retrograde east, one person a day, four days a week, and so on. Heart is one of the main branches, ranking 58th. The former is Geng Shen and the latter is Ren Xu. On the theory of yin and yang and five elements, the sweetness of the heavenly stem belongs to the gold of yin, and the combination of the earthly branches belongs to the gold of yin, which is a good proportion.