Chu Tianlin: Why is a good day called "auspicious day of the ecliptic"? Related to the twelve gods

The ancients in China paid attention to time, place and people, all of which were prepared for great events. From ancient times to the present, whenever there are major activities such as sacrifice, marriage, opening business and building houses. People should choose a "auspicious day" to pray for good luck and avoid evil spirits. The auspicious day recorded in ancient books is closely related to the twelve gods on duty.

Many ancient books have records about auspicious days of the ecliptic, such as "Lianhuan Ji" written anonymously in Yuan Dynasty. The fourth fold ":"Today is an auspicious day for the ecliptic, and the ministers of Manchu Dynasty are all at Yintai Gate. ぉ Biography of Heroes of Children? The eighteenth time: "Today is an auspicious day. Please ask a little boy to bring my half-shoulder luggage in, and then we can open it. 〞

Then why is the good day when everything goes well called "auspicious day of the ecliptic"? The ecliptic is an astronomical term, which refers to the orbit formed by the earth's rotation around the sun, and the relative motion between the sun and the earth is observed from the earth.

Hanshu? "Tian Wen Zhi" records: "There is a middle way in the day and nine lines in the month. Middle way, ecliptic, bright way. (a) refers to the sun's execution of the middle road and the moon's execution of nine orbits. The middle path is the ecliptic, also known as the light path.

On Meng Xi by Shen Kuo in Song Dynasty? Figure 2: The cause of the sun is called the ecliptic. It means that the way the sun performs is called the ecliptic.

In the ancient traditional calendar, twelve gods were on duty in twelve places, and each of the twelve gods was on duty in turn on the twelfth day, and so on. And formulate the yellow ghost day, the ecliptic is the main auspicious, and the underworld is the main murderer.

The twelve gods are: Ziri Qinglong, Ugly Tang Ming, Yinri Tianxun, Maoli Suzaku, Chenri Jingui, Xilitiande, Wubai Tiger, Weiri Yutang, Shenri Tianlong, Youri Xuanwu, Sunrise Siming and Rihai Gouchen. The twelve gods have different masters, and there are also good and bad points.

When the six gods, Qinglong (Zi), Tang Ming (Ugly), Jingui (Chen), Tiande (Si), Yutang (Wei) and Siming (Yi), are on duty, it is an auspicious day and everything goes well, so they often say "the ecliptic is auspicious."

According to ancient records, Qinglong is an auspicious beast handed down from God and a symbol of auspicious omen. Tang Ming is a place where ancient emperors held ceremonies and a symbol of power. The golden chamber is a golden cabinet, which usually contains important cultural relics and documents, and is a rare symbol; Tiande is a symbol of the grace of heaven's education; Yutang is the place where the palace is located and the immortals live. Siming is a star name and a god name, both of which are auspicious symbols.

On the other hand, if the Six Gods, Heaven Punish (Yin), Suzaku (Mao), White Tiger (Noon), Heavenly Prison (Shen), Xuanwu (You) and Gouchen (Hai) are on duty, it will be an evil day, and everything will be unfavorable, so it is not appropriate to hold any major activities, which is called "underworld evil day" and ".

Mafia and platform are one of the execution trajectories of Sun and Moon. The ancients believed that the sun and the moon had nine orbits, ecliptic one, green two, equator two, white two and underworld two. In addition, the ancient yin and yang scholars regarded the underworld as an evil spirit and a symbol of bad luck. There are white tigers, black killers, knives and anvil, skyfire, heavy mourning, thieves, local thieves, blood branches, blood taboos, Gui taboos, underworld and so on in Five Miscellaneous Things: Tian Bu Er. 〞

The earliest book on choosing a day appeared in the Xia Dynasty, named Xia, which was contained in Da Dai. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it became a routine to choose auspicious days on the ecliptic. When Gou Jian, King of Yue, returned to Yue from Wu, he chose to return to Jia Yuzhong in December.

From the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, it is more common to choose the almanac of auspicious days. The almanac of the six-year wooden slips in Yongyuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty contains twelve gods: construction, division, fullness, equality, determination, persistence, destruction, danger, success, closure, opening and closing. The wooden slips unearthed in Dunhuang contain calendar notes such as Grand History, Minor History, Moon Sand and Tu Fu.