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Are taboos in the yellow calendar credible?

With the coming of China New Year, everyone will be ready to buy a new year calendar. Beautiful cars, idol stars, landscape gardens and pet paintings that were popular in previous years seem to be less attractive. On the contrary, China's traditional Gregorian calendar has become people's new favorite. So, are things in the yellow calendar credible? .

When citizen Zhou Xiao went to the vegetable market two days ago, he found a stall selling almanac. The solar terms, gods and taboos in the yellow calendar are still very particular, especially good luck and daily taboos have become a major selling point of the yellow calendar. But Zhou Xiao turned over several different versions, and the problem appeared.

Are some details in the yellow calendar credible? The reporter immediately interviewed some citizens.

Bao Mei said that the ecliptic is an astronomical concept, and auspicious days and ominous days are fortune-tellers' sayings, which are very different from folk customs such as solar terms.

Bao Mei, director of the Soviet Observatory of Purple Mountain Observatory, said: What is suitable for every day in the 365 days of a year is not decided by the person who arranges the calendar, but by what everyone is doing and the conditions of doing things at that time.

Shen Jiandong, an associate researcher at Suzhou Folk Museum, said: Folklore itself has good customs and bad customs, and bad customs themselves contain superstitious elements, even harmful things, which should definitely be eliminated.