What does Geng Yue mean?

Geng Yue is the seventh of ten cadres, and the seventh year in the sixty years of the China lunar calendar. In the dry year, the year corresponding to Geng Yue is the year of Gengzi. It is positive that Geng Yue represents gold in the five elements. In the traditional folk culture of China, every Geng Festival is associated with some special events or festivals. For example, the year of Gengzi is one of the years in which many important events occurred in the history of China.

The word Geng Yue also has special significance in the traditional theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. In the five elements, gold is Chen and Xu in the earthly branch, corresponding to the orientation of the east and the west respectively. It just corresponds to the position of Chen in the earthly branch. The time when the sun rises from the east to the highest point of the sun is the time when the yang is the most abundant and everything is the most abundant in a day. It is also called "body value" or "Sun Chen". In ancient times, people often made various decisions according to this characteristic of Geng Yue.

Geng Yue is often used as an important parameter for sacrifice, divination and geomantic omen. In terms of sacrifice, many sacrificial activities must be carried out in strict accordance with Geng Yue religion. For example, many places will hold ceremonies to kill chickens and dogs on Gengzi Day. In the field of divination, Geng Yue is also used as a reference factor to predict good luck or bad luck. In geomantic omen, Geng Yue is regarded as an important index of time and space, which is used to help locate the position and flow direction of some yin and yang gas fields, and then infer the quality of some geomantic omen.