1. Wood: East, A and B, cyan, Qinglong
2. Fire: South, Bing and Ding, red, Suzaku
3. Earth: Central, Wu Ji, yellow, Huang Lin
Four. Gold: West, Gengxin, white, white tiger
Five. Water: North, Rengui, black, Xuanwu
6. The relationship between the heavenly stems, the five elements, and the directions:
1. A is the pillar tree, the east. B is the tree of flowers and fruits, the east.
2. C is the fire of the sun, south. Ding is the fire of the lamp, the south.
3. Wu is the soil of the city wall, in the middle. I am the pastoral soil, China.
4. Geng is the gold of the axe, the west. Xin is gold for jewelry, Western.
5. Ren is the water of the river, north. Gui is the water of raindrops, north.
Extended information:
The Five Elements Theory was originally created by the working people of ancient China. Its glorious philosophical thought has a very significant role in promoting the development of China's scientific undertakings. The essence of the Five Elements Theory is that the world is composed of the five most basic physical properties of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The development and changes of various things and phenomena in nature are due to the continuous movement and change of these five different conditions. The result of the interaction.
The ancient Chinese people observed astronomy from above and geography from below, taking in everything close to them and objects far away. Based on the interaction between the sun and the moon on the changes in the earth's back and forth cold and hot movements in the twelve months of the year, a set of stem and branch calendars suitable for the development of agricultural production in my country were summarized, and developed into a five-element science that has influenced the present , in the "Stems and Branches Calendar of Years and Five Elements".
Baidu Encyclopedia—Five Elements (an analogy of all things)