The word "sand" always appears in old calendars. What does this mean?

Common sayings in China's traditional old calendar (yellow calendar)

The west, which is the direction,

Shaxi: refers to the road of not going west or doing business, and avoiding doing things in this direction.

Dongsha, Shaxi, Anshan and Shabei mean that a certain animal sign is not suitable for a certain direction at a certain time. ..

Wash evil spirits every day: for example, "Wash monkeys, four years old are afraid of the north" and "Wash chickens, four years old are afraid of the west".

"Chong" means that the earthly branches collide with each other, that is, the meridian, ugliness, Shen Yin, You Mao, Chen Xu and Hayes, and then the twelve earthly branches are matched with the zodiac, that is, the mouse, ugly cow, yinhu, maotu, dragon, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey and unitary horse. Therefore, every Children's Day, and the rush at noon, are "running horses"; Yin, Shen, that is, "Running Monkey", is set up in this part of the yellow calendar to tell people not to choose those days that conflict with their genus.

The old monster who often lived in Four Seasons became "Four Seasons Yin Qi". It is extremely vicious and can travel in the sky. Drilling, camp repair and relocation in situ are prohibited. If you accidentally violate this point, your descendants 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 five elements of yin and yang, the sweetness of heavenly stems belongs to yin gold, and the unity of earthly branches belongs to yin gold, which is a good ratio.

Generally speaking, evil spirits refer to tai sui. In ancient times, there were 24 evil spirits every hour, as well as sun evil spirits, moon evil spirits, year evil spirits, wheel evil spirits (12) and Jia evil spirits (60). ..

Dongsha, Shaxi, Anshan and Shabei mean that a certain animal sign is not suitable for a certain direction at a certain time.