The yellow calendar, also known as the old yellow calendar, the imperial calendar and the children's calendar, etc. , is a kind of calendar that can display solar calendar, lunar calendar, official calendar and other calendars at the same time, and has a lot of rules and contents related to seeking good fortune and avoiding evil. The main contents of the Gregorian calendar include: 24 solar terms, good and bad luck to avoid evil, evil, combined harm, five elements, good and bad luck, year god, moon god, sun god, season god, sun building, night building, twelve gods, rising star and so on.
Taboos in the Gregorian calendar are calculated according to certain calendar rules, including daily evil spirits such as dark days and broken days, as well as daily auspicious spirits such as ecliptic days. According to these results, people can choose the right time to do certain things, such as getting married and breaking ground.
The meaning of the yellow calendar
1. Guide agricultural activities: The calendar records the time nodes of important agricultural activities such as 24 solar terms, spring ploughing, summer sowing, autumn harvest and winter storage in detail, which provides a scientific basis for farmers to arrange agricultural production.
2. Inheriting cultural traditions: The Gregorian calendar contains rich information about folk customs, festivals and ceremonies, and sacrificial activities. Such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. The celebration of these traditional festivals is an important part of China's national culture.
3. Choose auspicious days to avoid misfortune: The auspicious days, five elements and eight characters in the Gregorian calendar provide people with a reference to help them choose auspicious days for their wedding, moving, opening and other activities in their daily lives, so as to achieve peace and smoothness.
4. Geomantic layout: The information of five lines of gossip, good fortune and bad fortune in the solar calendar is of great significance to the research and application of geomantic omen, which can help people to choose a suitable place and time for architectural and decorative activities.