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Looking for folk books
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Almanac. China was founded by agriculture since ancient times, and the accuracy of the calendar directly affects the national economy and people's livelihood. Therefore, emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to the revision of calendars. Before the Warring States Period, the calendars used by Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Xia, Yin, Zhou and Lu dynasties were all "four seasons calendars". Among them, the calendars of Huangdi, Zhou and Lu are based on the moon, that is, the mid-winter month (November of the lunar calendar) is the first year. In the calendar of the Yin Dynasty, the ugly moon was built, that is, the first year was the winter moon (December of the lunar calendar). In the Xia calendar, the month was built in Yin, that is, the first year of Meng Chunyue (the first month of the lunar calendar). In Zhuan Xu's calendar, the moon was built on the sea, that is, in the first year of Meng Dongyue (October of the lunar calendar). By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was already a deviation between the calendar and the astronomical phenomena. The description of this period in Hanshu Falizhi is: "See the new moon, the strings are full of hope." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Sima Qian, Luo, Liu and others to change the Zhuan Xu calendar of the Qin Dynasty and set up a new calendar, still taking the month in the summer calendar as the beginning of the year and incorporating the 24 solar terms into the calendar. This calendar has been used for more than two thousand years, and it was only after the Republic of China that it was changed to the solar calendar.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the stars along the equator of the ecliptic were divided into 28 stars, which were later named as:
East Qinglong: horn, bell, fork, room, heart, tail and dustpan.
South Suzaku: Well, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings, birds.
West White Tiger: Wei Xiao, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Gou and Shen.
North Xuanwu: bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, house, wall.
In the application of choosing a day, people have long had the practice of choosing a day. Sima Qian said, "When you look at the art of Yin and Yang, you should be detailed and taboo, which makes people shy, and the four seasons are smooth and must not be lost." It can be seen that many names of choosing a date were a technique of yin and yang in ancient times, and not all of them were nonsense. In the ancient calendar, there are mainly twenty-four solar terms, five elements or earth kings. It was not until Wei's calendar that seventy-two Hou, four positive hexagrams and Shangshu were added.
After the Tang dynasty, there were more and more calendar annotation items, and the good fortune and evil spirits were even more dazzling. However, in general, they can still be divided into six categories:
1. Decided by traditional cadres.
It is decided by the name of the month (the zodiac).
3. It is determined by the month name and the daily branch.
4. It is decided by today's name.
5. It is decided by the year, month and day.
6. It is determined by the four seasons and the daily branch.
Almanac has a history of 1000 years in China. In ancient times, it was called "General Book" or "Book of Constitution". As early as ancient times, China set up an office to observe astronomical phenomena and calculate calendars. In the Qin dynasty, there were official orders; There were official bureaus in the Tang Dynasty; During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was an official governor; In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed to official governor. The earliest almanac was framed into a shaft and written with a brush. By the ninth year of Tang Taihe (AD 835), almanac engraved with wooden boards had been sold. In the imperial era, the almanac was issued by the emperor, and it was stipulated that only the official seal was allowed, and no private seal was allowed. Since then, the almanac has also been called the "imperial calendar". The oldest existing almanac was printed in Tang Xizong (AD 805). The truly ancient almanac was made in Yongzhenyuan, Tang Shunzong (AD 805). At that time, there was a chronicle calendar in the palace, which was divided into 12 volumes, one volume per month and one page per day, recording the events of the day, month, country, court and the words and deeds of the emperor. Later, it developed to print branches, monthly orders, solar terms, date selection, astrology, fortune telling, divination and other tricks on the calendar.
That is, almanac, which is often said now, will be bought in bookstores, especially some small book stands.
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