The seventh month of the lunar calendar has special significance in traditional culture. People call it "Ghost Moon". According to legend, the first day of the seventh lunar month is commonly known as "opening the tunnel door", also known as "opening the gate of hell", and the tunnel door is closed again on July 30. The mid-July of the lunar calendar, that is, July 15th, is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China.
Mid-Autumn Festival, Cold Clothes Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are collectively called the three "ghost festivals" or "ghost festivals". According to legend, July 15 is the birthday of local officials. On this day, the Daimon Masaru of the local government will open, and local officials will forgive the sins of ghosts, and at the same time test good and evil among the people.
People choose to pay homage to their ancestors in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and express their memory of their ancestors by offering fruit, burning paper money and setting off river lanterns. It is also a kind of inheritance of filial piety by the Chinese nation.
In traditional Chinese architecture, houses are generally built facing south. The south wall is the shadow wall, also known as the shadow wall, which was called Xiao wall in ancient times. It is a wall facing the gate as a barrier and decoration. Some have seats under them, which can be moved, and the tops are like roofs. In the primitive feudal society, the screen wall also had this strict hierarchy.
"Book of Rites" records: "The emperor's outer screen, the vassal's inner screen, the doctor's screen, and the scholar's screen". Most people can't build the screen wall. Later, slowly, most people can.
In ancient buildings, the south wall was mainly used to block the line of sight. In addition, in the geomantic culture, the screen wall can block the invasion of external evil spirits and prevent them from going straight into the hall or bedroom, which will bring bad luck.
The ancients believed that if there was no south wall, some bad things would directly enter the house, but with the south wall, those evil spirits would not enter the house again after hitting the south wall. "Don't stand under the south wall" means don't stand near the south wall in July of the lunar calendar, lest evil spirits invade.
Proverbs of July 1st.
1, on the first day of July, there was a thunderstorm in Longhuitou Scenic Spot scenic spot.
On the first day of July, if the thunder rumbles on the horizon, it will rain heavily soon, and there will be heavy precipitation, which is a typical "rain in Leigong, a scenic spot in Longhuitou Scenic Spot". Time waits for no one, so prepare for flood control early.
2. It's sunny in July, and steamed bread is placed under the pillow for the New Year.
If the sun shines high and clouds float in early July, it means that there will be no strong convective weather such as heavy precipitation, heavy rain and typhoon in July, which means that the whole July is just right.
This kind of weather bodes well for the crops that are growing vigorously. The harvest of crops in autumn and the fragrant peanuts in Qiu Lai will be a happy harvest year, so that every family can sleep with snow-white steamed bread on their pillow during the New Year.
The above contents should be combined with the actual situation for reference only.