"See the three whites in the twelfth lunar month, and there will be no disease in the coming year." What does "three whites" mean? The real life of our ancestors

China's culture is profound, which is not empty talk, but the "essence" of real existence.

As the saying goes, "seeing is believing, but listening is empty."

But in fact, what the eyes see is not necessarily true, and what the ears hear is not necessarily the truth of the incident.

Only by feeling with heart and reasoning with strict logical thinking can we approach the essence and truth of things infinitely.

When learning ancient Chinese, there is always such a question at the beginning: "It is obvious that three or nine is written in a sentence, but when it can be explained, it becomes an imaginary number."

"Three, nine" is often not a number in the traditional sense, but a general reference, meaning "many".

Then why do you often use "three" and "nine" to represent the majority? In the eyes of the ancients, why did "Sanjiu" have such an important position?

There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: "Give birth to two, give birth to two, give birth to three, give birth to three.

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The "three" here refers to heaven, earth and people, and its meaning is of course very broad.

The third is "everything is born", so three generally refers to the majority and many times.

And "three three get nine", nine belongs to Lao Yang, which is the largest positive number. Among the basic numbers from one to nine, nine is the largest number and the end of the number.

So "nine" represents the vastness of things and the extremes of yang, which means "extremely many"

After understanding this meaning, the following proverb is much easier to understand.

Pay attention to a lot in the twelfth lunar month. If you don't pay attention, you will violate taboos.

As the old saying goes, "See three whites in the twelfth lunar month, and there will be no disease in the coming year". What is the meaning of "three whites" in this sentence? As everyone knows, this is the real life of our ancestors.

The first half of this proverb: "See three whites in the twelfth month" means December, which means "the end of the year".

In the days when the ancients lived, "wax" was the time to sacrifice ancestors and gods, but it happened to be at the end of the year. As time goes by, the December of the lunar calendar is simply called "twelfth month".

When you see "three whites" in the twelfth lunar month, you will have the result of "no disease in the coming year"

Again, proverbs handed down by the ancients are basically in the form of cause and effect, with the first half being cause and the second half being end.

What kind of "cause" will produce what kind of "effect", perhaps this is the best explanation of "cause and effect".

Obviously, "three whites" does not refer to three whites, but refers to them in general. "Three" is an imaginary number, representing many meanings.

The Spring Festival is coming, and seeing the snow outside indicates that next year will be a bumper harvest year. Farmers in Man Cang worked hard for a year and finally got a bumper harvest.

Winter is white, and this "white" refers to snow. It is this large area of snow that has laid a solid foundation for next year's bumper harvest.

As the saying goes, "Snow is a good omen for a good year". Covering the earth with snow is like covering the crops in the field with a thick quilt to better spend the cold winter.

Extremely low temperatures are unfriendly to insects and eggs.

Most underground pests will freeze to death, even their eggs will not be spared.

No harm, after the spring begins, the seeds in the field will come out and really appreciate the warm and beautiful blooming of spring.

When you grow up, you should absorb nutrients unscrupulously. Without the interference and destruction of pests, crops will grow vigorously, and in the autumn harvest, the particles will be full and fruitful.

With sufficient grain reserves, people can eat enough and have stronger ability to resist risks.

This is more important to the ancients than life, because food is life.

Historically, whenever there was famine, there was famine everywhere, because there was not enough food reserve.

The struggle between ancestors and nature is far more cruel than we thought.

Without advanced science and technology, let alone "hybrid rice", the grain output is not high. Once a natural disaster happens, the front is waiting for death.

The ancestor's life experience of "looking up to heaven to eat" can be described vividly.

Watching our ancestors constantly sum up the laws of natural changes, until the emergence of the "twenty-four solar terms", and even more wisdom that we can't imagine, there is only one purpose: to live.

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As the saying goes, "See three days in the twelfth lunar month, and there will be no disease or disaster in the coming year", although its meaning is somewhat exaggerated, it also truly reproduces the cruel living conditions.

It is impossible to be "disease-free" in any era, but it can only be extravagant hope, which is the yearning of the ancestors for a better life.

In the face of diseases, besides facing them bravely, we should do one thing: take protective measures and try our best to have a good body against viruses.

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