How did Daoli come from?

The Taoist calendar is the yellow calendar, which is a special calendar for Taoism. It is based on China's summer calendar, and the date is determined by the Yellow Emperor.

The Taoist calendar is a special calendar for Taoism, and it is also called sixty-flower calendar, Hua Xu calendar, Hua calendar, Fuxi Nuwa calendar, Jiazi calendar, Huangdi calendar, Huangli calendar, Xia calendar, Yin calendar, Lunar calendar, Zhou calendar, Zhong calendar and Zhong calendar.

According to legend, the yellow calendar was created by the yellow emperor, so it is called the yellow calendar. In ancient times, it was calculated and published by Qin Tian Jian, so it was also called the imperial calendar.

Cantonese is commonly known as Tongshu. However, because the word "book" and "lose" in Tongshu are homophonic, it is also called "Tong Sheng" because of taboo.

The solar calendar is based on the lunar calendar in China, and there are many calendars indicating the good or bad of a day. The main contents of the Gregorian calendar are the schedule of the 24 solar terms, the good and bad luck of each day, and the luck of the zodiac.

China had an almanac in the Qin Dynasty at the latest as a guide to people's lives. From about the Song Dynasty, the magic number of "avoiding evil spirits" appeared in the almanac. Taiding has a five-year period (1328), and there are more than three million official almanac books.

The astrological content of the almanac is often criticized as superstition. The yellow calendar promulgated by the Christian Taiping Heavenly Kingdom removes all taboos and only indicates solar terms and sundays; The yellow calendar promulgated during Xuantong's reign in the Qing Dynasty also prohibits the publication of taboos, conflicts, directions, fleeting time and traditional ages. During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan Province, there was only "appropriateness" and no "taboo"; After the recovery of Taiwan, it was all restored.

The ancient almanac was issued by Qin, and after the Republic of China, it was issued by Wushu and Japanese teachers. Local fortune tellers can hang up the hall number and publish it separately, or sell the copyright as a gift from public and private institutions. For thousands of years, almanac has been the best-selling book among the people in China. At present, there are about five or six million yearbooks printed in Taiwan Province Province every year. Many modern people still rely heavily on almanac. Scholars believe that the popularity of the Huangli calendar for thousands of years reflects that China people believe in the concept of auspicious choice because of the uncertainty of life. ~

About two-thirds of the almanac and general books in Taiwan Province are claimed to have inherited the "Jichengtang" general books in Hong Chao and Fujian two hundred years ago; The source of Hong Kong's popularity is Shu Tong of Luo Chuanlie, the "Taoist Temple" in Guangdong.

In the "Yellow Calendar", there is a column with the largest number of words, which is suitable for writing daily life and carrying out various activities.

In the Tang Dynasty, Laozi was revered as the ancestor, and the year when Laozi was born (BC 1300) was the beginning of the Taoist calendar. But after the Song Dynasty, the era of the Yellow Emperor was still used. However, because Taoism respects the 60-year-old Jiazi as a god, the traditional Taoist fasting Dojo is based on the age of Tian Yun Jiazi, which varies from god to god, and there is no need to use calendar words and memorials.

A calendar needs a starting point, which is called an era. The Gregorian calendar begins on the day when Jesus was born. But my China Taoist calendar is much more rigorous than the western calendar!

First of all, the era of Taoist calendar is related to astronomical phenomena. History books often say: "The year of chaos in the Shang Dynasty, the combination of the sun and the moon, the five-star alliance, the seven Yao periods." Second, the Daoli calendar is related to the accession of the Yellow Emperor. It is said that the day when the Yellow Emperor ascended the throne in 2697 BC coincided with the above-mentioned astronomical phenomena, which coincided with the winter solstice and the new moon, so the Yellow Emperor made a calendar and took that day as the starting point in the Tao, namely, Jiazi Year, Jiazi Month and Jiazi Day.

Taking the 60th anniversary of the Yellow Emperor as the date, it is said that the ministers in the era of the Yellow Emperor greatly praised the "deep affection of the five elements, which was built on the outline of the year, so that Party A and Party B became famous and called it dry; Making a fool of yourself is called a day, and it's called a branch. Branches and branches match to become sixty years old. " Ten heavenly stems such as A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui cooperate with twelve earthly branches such as Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai to form the symbols of the calendar.

"Taiyi Mathematical Series" records: "In ancient times, Jiazi was in Jiazi Year, Jiazi Month and Jiazi Day, the heavenly center was in the winter solstice, the sun and the moon combined, and the five stars (referring to the five stars of Jin Mu, fire, water and earth of the nine planets in the solar system) coincided, which was Shangyuan. Every winter solstice is the beginning of a year, Shuodan is the beginning of January, midnight is the beginning of a day, and Jiazi Day is the beginning of a dry branch.

That day-the first day of Jiazi Year, the first day of Jiazi Month and the first day of Jiazi Day-happened to be the moment of five-star linkage in astronomy and the moment when the sage, the ancestor of China, ascended the throne, which naturally became the beginning of the China calendar.

In the Tang Dynasty, Laozi was honored as the ancestor of Taoism, and the year when Laozi was born (BC 1300) was the beginning of the Taoist calendar. But after the Song Dynasty, the era of the Yellow Emperor was still used.

Calculation method of Taoist calendar: Since 2697 BC is the beginning of the era of the Yellow Emperor, the calendar year of 2697 BC plus the calendar year of AD is used.