What is an old almanac?

The Old Yellow Calendar, also known as the Yellow Calendar and the Imperial Calendar, is a perpetual calendar based on the China lunar calendar, which has good or bad luck every day. That is, the ancients recorded their daily likes and dislikes on the calendar as a guide to action. For example, if it is not appropriate to break ground today, you can move tomorrow and start a new stove the day after tomorrow.

According to legend, the old yellow calendar was created by Xuanyuan Huangdi, so it is called the yellow calendar. Later, it was calculated and published by Qin Tian Jian, so it was also called the imperial calendar. This includes not only astronomy, meteorology, seasonal seasons, but also some taboos that people should abide by in their daily lives to guide the farming opportunities of working farmers in China, so the Annals of the South China is also called a general book; However, because the word "book" and "lose" in Tongshu are homophonic, it is also called "Tong Sheng" because of taboo.

Today, with the progress of science, many people think that the old almanac is a derogatory term, which means superstition. So does the old almanac make scientific sense? Actually, there is. At least based on the concept of statistics, the old almanac is worthy of scrutiny and inspection.

There is no denying that the ancients were superstitious. However, the ancients were not idiots. Many experiences in the old almanac are summed up through a lot. From generation to generation, the application is consistent with the natural phenomena of heaven and earth and human society. This is the essence. Its theoretical basis can be found in a very important book, Xieji Fangshu, in the Kangxi period.

Of course, at a certain period, the old Huang calendar was criticized as dross and made into a joke by a comedian. In recent years, with the recovery of traditional culture and the psychology of advocating Hong Kong and Taiwan, the old almanac that has disappeared for decades has returned to people's lives. Unfortunately, few people can understand the Yellow Calendar, which originally belonged to China folk culture.