Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - What does it mean to take a bath and sweep the house in the yellow calendar?

What does it mean to take a bath and sweep the house in the yellow calendar?

"Bathing" means bathing; "Sweeping the house" means cleaning.

The Gregorian calendar, also known as the old Gregorian calendar and the imperial calendar, was born on the basis of the China lunar calendar, and it is a perpetual calendar with good and bad luck every day. According to legend, the yellow calendar was created by Xuanyuan Huangdi, so it is called the yellow calendar. The main content of the Gregorian calendar is the 24 solar terms, as well as daily taboos, branches, values, stars, moon phases, good or bad luck and so on.

Almanac is the code of conduct followed by ancient emperors. It was calculated and published by Qin, so it is also called almanac. This includes not only astronomy and meteorology, seasons and seasons, but also some taboos that people should abide by in their daily lives. Its content guides the farming opportunity of working farmers in China, so it is also called farmer calendar. China folk commonly known as the general book; However, because the word "book" and "lose" in Tongshu are homophonic, it is also called "Tong Sheng" because of taboo.

In modern times, the main contents of the Gregorian calendar include: Gregorian calendar, lunar calendar and trunk calendar, twenty-four solar terms and Sunday (week), taboos, disasters, directions, fleeting time, traditional calendar of China, three yuan and nine lucky days, mysterious nine planets and so on.