Lagerstroemia indica on the fifteenth day of the first month

When chatting with friends, he asked a proverb, which he was familiar with. This proverb is called "the queen of the first day, the official of the fifteenth day". In fact, this proverb is often mentioned in rural areas, but it has rarely been mentioned in recent years. This proverb is hard to understand at first glance, but it is actually related to folk sayings. But is this statement defined as a proverb or superstition?

"The first empress, ten facial features" has two meanings here. One is to point out that the girl born on the first day of junior high school has a very rich life, and even ordinary people can enter the palace to support the emperor. The so-called queen is an ancient folk saying, which generally refers to the women of emperors such as queens and concubines.

The other level is "being an official on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar", which means that a boy born on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar may become an official when he grows up and be proud of his ancestors. This proverb is the ancient people's good hope for the next generation.

But if we look at this proverb now, there is a superstition in it. Not all the girls born in the first grade have a good life, and not all the girls born in the first grade have a bad life Of course, it is not always the fifteenth birthday for a man to be an official.

In China tradition, "the first day" means that the first day of each month is called the first day, which is the beginning of a year and January, and is regarded as an auspicious day among the people. And the "fifteenth" is also the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, when the moon is full. It is also a day of folk sacrifice. For example, the fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, and the fifteenth day of July is called Ghost Festival. However, as for why people born at the age of 15 can be officials, they looked up a lot of information and did not explain it. This may also be a superstition and a common saying among the people.

It is not accurate to say that all officials have been denied. Maybe this proverb really came true somewhere in ancient times. Many people are officials of the imperial court. They were indeed born at the age of fifteen, so the people will believe it and spread it.

Just now, we briefly said the meaning of "the first day empress, fifteen officials", but where did this proverb come from? I looked up a lot of information, but there was no clear source. However, there are three ways to understand the origin of this folk saying.

The first is the emergence of literary works. In A Dream of Red Mansions, there is a Yuan Chun. According to legend, she was born on the first day of the first month and later entered the palace as a queen, so Jia's official career was successful. Judging from the expression of A Dream of Red Mansions, the author Cao Xueqin lived in the Qing Dynasty, when the saying of "the first queen" was popular among the people.

The second is superstitious factors. In addition, there are many superstitions about "Grade One" and "Tenth Five-Year Plan". People think that the first day is the day when Purple Star came down to earth, and people think that Purple Star brings good luck to people. Therefore, people think that Purple Star means "good luck", and girls born on this day are blessed.

The fifteenth is the day when the folk called "Wenquxing" came down to earth. Many people know Wenquxing. Now some students will go to worship Wenquxing after the exam. In ancient times, being the number one scholar was also considered as a satellite that came to the world. Therefore, people will pin their hopes on the children born on 15. Zhuge Liang, Bao Zheng and other ancient people are said to have been born on 15.

The third is the theory of yin and yang. For "a queen with one grade and an official with fifteen grades", it is also related to China's ancient theory of Yin and Yang. The ancients thought that in a month, the first day of the month was the heaviest time of yin qi, but it was the time of the month's loss. The sun is the heaviest and full moon on the 15th.

Men belong to yang and women belong to yin, so the boy born at the age of fifteen has a strong yang, and the woman born in the first grade has a strong yin, but she is destined to be a lady. This proverb has something in common with "Men are afraid of the first grade and women are afraid of the fifteenth".

Judging from the above three statements, "the queen of the first day, the official of the fifteenth day" has no specific origin and age, and it has been circulated among the people for thousands of years. Some people think it is feudal superstition, but in the case of underdeveloped ancient science and technology, ordinary people can only rely on this handed down thing to determine something.

In rural areas, there is a saying that "the first empress has ten facial features". Very old people know this proverb, but young people seldom believe it. Don't deny this proverb because it has feudal superstition. In fact, in ancient times, ordinary people had no hope, and children were their life-long hope. As for what basis and scientific truth we are looking for, all proverbs can't be scientific.

There are many articles on the internet about the origin and meaning of folk sayings, all of which have certain truth. Some proverbs are really superstitious. However, it is a bit arbitrary to classify them all as feudal superstitions. After all, this is just what our ancestors said thousands of years later.

Believing in folk sayings is not an unscientific matter, but a matter of customs and etiquette. Moreover, some proverbs may have been used by ancestors or counted relevant people, but most of them are folk proverbs with good sustenance.