What does auspicious day mean? Concept introduction.

The auspicious day of the zodiac is a unique word in China's traditional calendar, which refers to a day when everything is suitable. So how much do you know about auspicious days? The following is what I have compiled about auspicious days of the zodiac. I hope you like it!

What is the meaning of auspicious day?

China has a long history and profound culture. The custom of choosing auspicious days is a traditional culture with a long history in China. It has a wide range of cultural connotations. The purpose of choosing auspicious day is to find and determine the appropriate time and space for practical activities, and fully grasp the appropriate opportunity brought about by the harmonious relationship between weather, geography and people, so as to achieve the result of avoiding misfortune.

cultural heritage

Since ancient times, there has been a theoretical viewpoint of observing the celestial phenomena and measuring good or bad luck in China, and there are also records of good or bad days in the unearthed Oracle bones. This unique culture of measuring happiness and choosing a day has a long history, is deeply rooted in people's hearts and has far-reaching and extensive influence among the people; China people did not deliberately protect its existence, but naturally passed it down. Since ancient times, there have been schools of thought such as Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism in choosing auspicious days. Among them, Jade Sagger, Wanbaolou, Shu Tong, Lingqi Classic, Xieji Frontier Defense and so on have been handed down, and there are many ways to choose auspicious days. The Selection of Auspicious Days was formed and perfected in the Han Dynasty, and most of the related works from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty were lost, which made many problems difficult to identify. At present, the most detailed and representative document about auspicious choice is Xie Ji bian Fang, which was compiled in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty.

Traditional calendar

Marking the year, month, day and time with heavenly stems and earthly branches is a unique method in China, and the Gregorian calendar is a traditional calendar marking the year, month and day with heavenly stems and earthly branches. Gregorian calendar is a perpetual calendar based on the China lunar calendar. Legend has it that it was created by Xuanyuan Huangdi, so it is called solar calendar. It is also commonly known as "general book" among the people, but it is also called "tong sheng" because the word "book" in the general book is homophonic with the word "lose". The main contents of the Gregorian calendar are 24 solar terms, such as daily taboos, dry branches, spiritual values, stars, moon phases, zodiac luck, auspicious and evil spirits (ecliptic, underworld) and so on. "ecliptic? This is a technical term in astronomy. Astronomy has a white road and an equator, but not? Mafia? ; The concept of "evil day in the underworld" is relative to the compilers of the ancient yellow calendar. Jiri? And creative terms.

The ancients believed that choosing the auspicious day of the ecliptic is not regardless of the year, month and time, but depends on each other and makes a comprehensive choice. What choices will traditional calendars have? White tiger, natural punishment, Suzaku, Tianlong, Xuanwu, Gouchen? Waiting for six Chen to be a fierce god, thinking that it is unlucky to commit it; Will. Qinglong, Tang Ming, Jingui, Tiande, Yutang, Siming? Known as the six ecliptic, the so-called auspicious day of the ecliptic is the day when these six gods are located. The day when the Six Gods are on duty is called the auspicious day of the ecliptic, and everything goes well and is auspicious. The orthodox auspicious day of the zodiac must be carefully selected in combination with the user's birthday.

The theory of auspicious days is based on astronomical phenomena.

So-called? Ecliptic? Originally an astronomical term, it refers to the great circle where the earth's orbital plane around the sun intersects with celestial constellations. This is a wave path. In summer solstice, the sun sets at the highest point of the wave curve, and in winter solstice, the sun sets at the lowest point. The sun runs once a day, and its position is different every day. There are many constellations beside its position. The sun and these constellations form a certain situation, which can affect people on earth. Sometimes it is a good influence, called auspiciousness; Sometimes it's bad influence, which is called fierceness. When the sun moves to a certain position on the ecliptic and has an auspicious influence on the map, it is called auspicious day on the ecliptic.

The zodiac * * * spans thirteen constellations. The astronomical theory of the zodiac originated in Babylon, Cuba, and was later introduced into ancient Greece. For more than two thousand years, ancient Greek astronomers divided the ecliptic into 12 segments and named them after the corresponding 12 constellations, so as to correspond the movement of the sun with 12 months in a year. Because the earth's revolution is attracted by other planets, the moon and other celestial bodies, the position of the ecliptic plane in space changes irregularly. The location of the zodiac is the same as the distribution of the twenty-four solar terms and the twenty-eight nights in the China solar calendar (also known as the lunar calendar), and it is this same that the zodiac is integrated into the astronomy of China.

Stars and calendars

In western astrology, the zodiac signs represent different directions of the universe. And the traditional lunar calendar also has 28 stars. In ancient India, Persia, Arabia and other countries, there was a saying similar to China's twenty-eight nights. Twenty-eight constellations, also known as the twenty-eight house or twenty-eight stars, divide the stars in the southern transit into twenty-eight groups, which are a circle of stars distributed along the celestial ecliptic or equator (the equator of the earth extends to the sky). Divided into four groups, also known as four elephants, four beasts, four-dimensional and four-dimensional gods. There are seven stars in each group, and its origin is still not completely clear. At first, the ancients chose 28 stars to compare the movements of the sun, the moon, gold, wood, water, fire and earth as observation marks. ? Stay? What are the meanings of the zodiac and the zodiac? Palace? Similarly, it means constellation table, indicating the positions of the sun, the moon and the five stars. In the Tang Dynasty, Twenty-eight Hostels became the main body of the twenty-eight celestial bodies, and these celestial bodies were still named after Twenty-eight Hostels. Different from Sanyuan, as a celestial body, Twenty-eight Hostels are mainly used to divide the ownership of star officials. Correspondence between the Twenty-eight Hostels and the Twelve Earthly Branches: Earthly Branches are the core content of ancient astronomy in China and the most important symbol of ancient astronomy in China. The earthly branch originated from the ancient 28 stars, which is another expression of the year. The way to create earthly branches is to use some astrological symbols of 28 stars.