Why are fifty-four and twenty-three unlucky?

The saying that the fifth, fourteenth and twenty-third day of the fifth lunar month is unlucky comes from the Book of Changes.

According to the culture of the Book of Changes, these three days belong to the day when Huang Wu entered the palace, and the so-called Huang Wu used to be regarded as the son of heaven and the monarch, symbolizing the son of heaven and the dragon entering the palace. It's the day when the emperor takes power. Ordinary people should avoid it, don't make trouble outside and don't travel outside. This is equivalent to when the ancient emperor traveled, the people had to avoid silence and bow their heads to show respect.

It is precisely because these days are the days when the emperor is in charge that there is a folk saying that the old gentleman does not make an alchemist, on the fifth, fourteenth and twenty-third day of the fifth lunar month. People think it's not appropriate to get married, go out to do business, start work, play and so on these days. Otherwise, it will be unlucky and not conducive to going out. Therefore, there is an old saying that there is no gold to bear outside on the fifth, fourteenth and twenty-third day of the fifth lunar month, which means that you should not go out to collect gold even on the fifth, fourteenth and twenty-third day of the fifth lunar month. It can be seen that these three days are quite dangerous days in the eyes of the ancients.

Related taboo

The fifth, fourteenth and twenty-third days of the lunar calendar are the death days of this month. It is based on nine purple and white stars entering the palace every day: one white on the first day, two black on the second day, three green on the third day, four green on the fourth day and Huang Wu on the fifth day. /kloc-Huang Wu entered the palace on October 4th, and Huang Wu entered the palace on 23rd. Five yellow statues are kings, which should be avoided by the secular. If you don't avoid them, it will be a disaster.

On the first day of each month, one star enters the palace and the last star enters the ninth day. At the beginning of the tenth day, it happened to be Huang Wu, that is, it symbolized that the son of heaven or the dragon entered the palace and was in charge of heaven and earth. Ordinary people should not go out to do business or travel. Therefore, the nearest relatives have something good to invite you to, so you'd better not go. Especially getting married, opening a house, doing business and starting a business are the most taboo days. But what is already going on has nothing to do with this (the above content is for reference only).