What are the five elements of Nanzi?

The southern character and five elements belong to fire.

The Five Elements is a systematic view of China's ancient philosophy, which is widely used in philosophy, medicine, divination and other fields. The five elements are "gold, wood, water, fire and earth". In the Five Elements Theory, the south belongs to fire, the north belongs to water, the east belongs to wood, the west belongs to gold, and the center belongs to earth, so as to help balance the fire and water in Jin Mu.

The ancients thought that a year can be subdivided into five seasons, corresponding to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth respectively; It is believed that nature is mainly composed of five elements, which are derived from each other. The sky and the earth are inseparable, which is called chaotic state. Heaven and earth are mixed together, the sun, the moon and the stars are not born, and there is no alternation between cold and summer. There is no wind, no rain, no lightning, no vegetation, no mountains, no rivers, no people, no birds, no insects and no animals below.

At this time, a kind of aura was running inside, so water was born from Taiyi, fire was born from the beginning, wood was born from the beginning, gold was born from Tai Su, and Taiji was unearthed. The five elements come from this.

Interpretation of Words in Nanzi

1, pumpkin [[nángā]]

Annual herb climber with pentagonal stems, heart-shaped leaves, yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, round or pear-shaped fruits, green when tender and reddish brown when mature.

2. Antarctica

The southernmost point of the earth is 90 degrees south latitude.

3. Southern China

China generally refers to the Pearl River Basin, including Guangdong and Guangxi. Generally speaking, it refers to Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan in China.

4. Lingnan

Refers to the area south of Wuling (Dayu, Yuecheng, DuDu, Zhu Meng and Qitian), including Guangdong and Guangxi.