What does the agricultural custom "two dragons control water, eleven oxen plow the fields, and six people share grain" mean?

As we all know, rural proverbs are the experience summarized by the older generation from the common sense of daily life. Since ancient times, China has been a farming society, and farmers depend on the sky for food. However, at that time, due to the limitation of knowledge and technology, unlike the current weather forecast, they often entrusted gifts to God in order to better harvest food crops. What does the old farmer mean when he says, "Two dragons control the water source, eleven cows plow the fields, and six people share the bread"?

As we know, in order to calculate the date, the ancients invented the heavenly stems and earthly branches method. The heavenly stems and earthly branches method is divided into ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, and the twelve earthly branches are the zodiac signs, corresponding to twelve hours. These chronologies can still be seen in some old yellow calendars. Only after 60 years, heavenly stems and earthly branches can add up to determine the specific date. The chronology method counts dates from the first month.

The "two", "eleven" and "six" in this proverb are the dates when the earthly branches first appeared in the first month. The zodiac dragon corresponds to Chen, and the first few days of the first month are several dragons. The legend of the dragon is a beast that calls the wind and rain. People often pin their hopes for good weather on dragons. The ugly woman in the zodiac corresponds to a cow, which means that the ugly woman first appeared in the first month of the month. Cattle are good friends of farmers in the farming era, and cattle are part of the family in the farming society; The cake corresponds to the day when the third day of the first month appears, because it is homophonic, people who eat more cakes will not starve to death.

What is the meaning of the sentence "Two dragons control the water, eleven cows plow the fields, and six people share the bread"? Let's take a look at the old yellow calendar, and everyone will know that February 13, the second day of the first month, is a non-Chen day; February 17, the sixth day of the first month, is Bing Shen Day; February 22, the eleventh day of the first month, Xin Chou Day; From this we can see that the first day of the first month is the second day, so the two dragons; Ugly's appearance on the first day of the first month is eleven, so it's eleven cows, while C's appearance on the first day of the first month is the sixth day, so six people share the cake.

This proverb is mainly used by farmers to hope that God will have good weather and help them have plenty of food and clothing. But now that science and technology are developed, artificial rainfall has been talked about by people. Now it is meaningless, but it is still meaningful to ancient people.