Why is there a saying in ancient times that the sky is round and the place is round? "

This is related to their times. At first glance, Ma Pingchuan is near the water, with mountains or dense forests in the distance. So in ancient mythology, the sun either set, or fell into the water, or fell into the tree. The sky in the distance presents an inverted pot-shaped circle. When people in Dongyi are with water, it is easier to see the round sky where the sea meets the sky, and it is also easier to produce myths and legends that the sun falls into the water.

The ancients summarized the law of energy change in micro-state as "the theory of five movements and six qi", which was used to measure the relationship between energy change and time between heaven and earth and the influence of this change on life on earth. This is what the ancients called "the time of day". The so-called "time of day" means that when the energy falling from the sky arrives, it is the beginning of the corresponding season.

Because this energy has a cycle of 60 years and is endless, the ancients said that "the sky is round" to describe the characteristics of time. At the same time, when the ancients talked about the direction, they used "all directions" to describe it, also called "places". "The sky is round and the earth is round" is about time and space, which means the true face of the universe. It embodies the concept of time and space of the wisdom of our ancestors.

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The traditional culture of Han nationality in China is extensive and profound, and the theory of Yin and Yang is its core and essence. The theory of Yin and Yang, with a simple dialectical color, is the way of thinking of China sages in understanding the world. Thousands of years of social practice have proved its correctness. "The sky is round and the earth is round" is the concrete embodiment of this theory.

The ancients called the state where heaven and earth were indistinguishable and chaos began to open, and Tai Chi gave birth to two devices, which separated yin and yang and heaven and earth. The ancients called the vast universe composed of many stars "heaven" and the land on which they lived "earth".

Because the sun, the moon and other celestial bodies are moving endlessly, it is like a closed circle with no starting point and no ending point. But the earth is quietly taking us there, just like a square object is static and stable, so the concept of "a round place" has emerged.

Throughout nature, all round objects are active and unstable, just like the round sun and moon; All square objects are static and stable, just like the quiet earth.

Movement is Yang, and quietness is Yin, so "Tianyuan" has become a symbol of Yang, representing all active things, such as sun, sky, rigidity, health, public, gentleman, husband, greatness, abundance, upward, progressive, dynamic and upright. "Chu" has become a symbol of yin, representing all passive things such as the moon, the night, softness, obedience, women, ministers, wives, children, retreat, quietness and negativity.

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