You must know astronomical calendar knowledge and read ancient poems.

You must know astronomical calendar knowledge and read ancient poems.

constellation

In ancient times, constellations were called stars. Such as "Fan Jinzhong Residence": "Now I am the master, the stars in the sky". The ancients believed that famous people in the world were born in the stars.

Twenty-eight constellations (division of celestial spheres in ancient astronomy in China)

Ancient astronomers divided the stars on the ecliptic into twenty-eight constellations, which are called twenty-eight constellations, namely, seven constellations in the Eastern Black Dragon: horn, sound, fork, room, heart, tail and dustpan; Seven constellations of Xuanwu in the north: bucket, ox, female, air, danger, house and wall; There are also seven constellations in the Western White Tiger: Kui, Lou, Stomach and Fork.

Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting: "Hualin Tianbao, Longguang Shoots the Bullfighting Market." In other words, the products are gorgeous, and there are natural treasures. Longquan sword light shines directly on Dousu and NiuSu Xing.

Four elephants

One way of saying the four elephants is to imagine the seven nights in the east, west, north and south as four animal images, which are called the four elephants. They are Black Dragon in the East, Xuanwu in the North, White Tiger in the West and Suzaku in the South.

Comets hit the moon.

Comets are often called broomsticks. When a comet hits the moon, its light sweeps across the moon, which is a sign of great disaster according to superstition.

boundary

According to ancient astronomy, the positions of the twelve stars correspond to the positions of countries and nations on the ground, for example, the fire of quail corresponds to Zhou and the tail of quail corresponds to Chu. As far as astronomy is concerned, it is called fractional star; Just say on the ground, call a teacher. For example, Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting: "Zhang Yu is the old county, and Hongdu is the new house. The stars spread their wings and meet Lu Heng. " In other words, Nanchang, Jiangxi is located on the dividing line between Yisu and Suye.

Pule Ades

The fourth of the seven nights of the West White Tiger consists of seven stars, also known as "Luotou" (the meaning of the flag head), belonging to Jizhou. In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Xiang's poem "The veteran of Liaodong has snow on his temples, and he still looks up at his head every night" refers to the Pleiades. This poem shows a veteran's high vigilance and careful defense.

Shen and Shang-two irreconcilable friends/relatives who can never see each other again or have alienated each other after separation.

"Shen" refers to the tenant in the West White Tiger Seven Hostels, and "Shang" refers to the tenant in the East Black Dragon Seven Hostels, which is another name for the tenant. Betel nut is in the west, the heart is in the east, and there are two in the starry sky, one out of the other and the other out of this, so it is often used to describe that separated people can't meet each other. For example, Cao Zhi's poem "has the speed of escape from the scenery, but not the breadth of participation in business", and Du Fu's poem "Friends meet, it is difficult to be like the stars in the morning and evening".

filariasis

Flow direction, downward; Fire refers to Mars, which is the heart of the Eastern Black Dragon for seven nights. For example, the Book of Songs in July: "July is full of fire, and clothes are given in September." This means that in July of the lunar calendar, the position of Mars has gradually dropped from the sky to the west, indicating that the summer heat has receded.

Beidou navigation satellite system

Also known as the "Big Dipper", it refers to seven bright stars arranged in a bucket (or spoon) shape in the northern sky. The names of these seven stars are: Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang. Arranged like a bucket, it is called "Beidou". According to the Big Dipper, the North Star can be found, so it is also called "Pointing Star". For example, Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs": "Talk about falling in an arc and help Beidou drink cinnamon pulp."

Soapy

The seventh night of the North Xuanwu consists of two stars, because it is in the east of the bedroom, much like the wall of the bedroom, also known as the "East Wall". In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang said that the poem "East Wall Bookstore, West Garden Hanmo Forest" described the wall house as a library in the sky.

Transport canopy

Gai Hua, constellation name, * * * sixteen stars, is located in the seat of the Five Emperors and now belongs to Cassiopeia. I used to be superstitious and thought it was unlucky to be a canopy star in people's destiny.

thing

In ancient mythology, the name of the sun god is Xihe, and he flies in the sky with a six-pointed dragon car. Things refer to the rising sun. For example, "Promoting Weaving": "When Dong drives, he will lie stiff and worry for a long time." "Xi in the east is driving" means that the sun in the east has come out.

Sirius. Also known as DOG STAR

The brightest star in the sky was invaded mainly in ancient times. For example, Su Shi's "Jiangchengzi": "I will bow like a full moon, look at the northwest and shoot Sirius." Among them, the allusion comes from the stars, the bow carving refers to the vector star, and Sirius is Sirius.

The legendary god in charge of imperial examinations and literary affairs

That is, satellites, or satellites for short. The ancients believed that Wen Quxing was the star in charge of literary movement, and the person who was hired as a big official by the court because of his good writing was Wen Quxing. For example, Wu's Fan Jinzhong Residence said: "These masters of Chinese studies are all satellites in the sky."

The Big Dipper

The official name of the star refers to the four stars on the handle of the Big Dipper. Taoism believes that there are thirty-six highest sun stars and seventy-two earth stars in the Big Dipper. The novel "Water Margin" is influenced by this statement, which links the eight leaders of more than 100 uprisings in Liangshanpo with the birth of the highest day star and the earth star.

The 24 Solar Terms

According to the position change of the sun in a year and the evolution order of the ground climate caused by it, the ancients divided the 365th day and the quarter day of a year into 24 segments, and then divided them into 12 months to reflect the four seasons, temperature, phenology and so on. Each month is divided into two sections, called "solar terms" at the beginning of the month and "solar terms" in the middle of the month, which are collectively called 24 solar terms, and are an important part of the ancient calendar of China.

Yang Chu

Around November of the lunar calendar, after the winter solstice and before the beginning of spring. At this time, the yang is the first to move, so it is called "Chu Yang". For example, "Peacock flies southeast": "In the past, Chu Yang was old, and Xie Jia came to the door."

four seasons; all the year round

Refers to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The lunar calendar takes the first month, February and March as spring, which are called Meng Chun, Zhongchun and Ji Chun respectively. April, May and June are called Xia Meng, midsummer and the last month of summer respectively. Autumn and winter are the same. 、

Sheri

In ancient times, farmers usually offered sacrifices to the land gods on the fifth day after beginning of spring and beginning of autumn. For example, "Ode to Fishing Music": "Looking back, there is a crow club drum under the beaver temple." The "social drum" in the book refers to the drum sound of offering sacrifices to the land god on social days.

Xiajiu

The 19 of each month in the lunar calendar is the day when women get together.

Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches

The collective name of heavenly stems and earthly branches. Ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches are matched in turn to form sixty basic units. The ancients used this as the serial number of year, month, day and time, which was called "the discipline of stem and branch"

Chronological method

There are two main timing methods in ancient China:

(1) chronology of the sky. The ancients originally divided a day and night into twelve hours according to the change of the sky. Their names are: midnight, crow, working day, sunrise, food time, corner, day, sundial, sunset, dusk, people's decision.

(2) Geochronological method. The twelve earthly branches represent the change of twelve o'clock in a day and night.