The Taoist calendar is a special calendar for Taoism, and it is also called the Sixty-Flower Calendar, Hua Xu Calendar, Hua Calendar, Fuxi Nuwa Calendar, Jiazi Calendar, Huangdi Calendar, Huangli Calendar, Xiali Calendar, Lunar Calendar, Weekly Calendar, Chinese Calendar and Chinese Calendar in the process of evolution.
According to legend, the Yellow Calendar was created by the Yellow Emperor, so it is called the Yellow Calendar. In ancient times, it was calculated and issued by Qin Tianjian, so it was also called the imperial calendar.
Cantonese is commonly known as Tongshu. However, because the word "book" in the general book is homophonic with the word "lose", it is also called Tongsheng because of taboo.
the yellow calendar is based on the China lunar calendar, with many calendars indicating the good or bad luck of the day. The main content of the Yellow Calendar is the date table of the 24 solar terms, the good luck and bad luck of each day, and the luck of the zodiac.
China had an almanac in the Qin dynasty at the latest, as a guide book for people's life. From about the Song Dynasty, the number of techniques of "avoiding evil spirits" appeared in the almanac. Thai set five years (1328), the official seal of the Yellow Calendar reached more than three million copies.
The astrological content of the Yellow Calendar is often criticized as superstition. The yellow calendar promulgated by the Christian Taiping Heavenly Kingdom deletes all taboos and only indicates solar terms and sundays; The yellow calendar promulgated during the reign of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty also prohibits the publication of taboo, blunt evil spirit, orientation, fleeting time and traditional age; During the period of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, there was only "appropriateness" but no "taboo"; After the recovery of Taiwan, it was all restored.
The ancient almanac was issued by Qin Tianjian, but after the Republic of China, it was issued as a "general book" by the five-skill and Japanese-choosing division. The local fortune tellers can hang up the hall numbers and publish it separately, or sell the copyright as a gift by public and private institutions. For thousands of years, the almanac has been the best-selling book among the people in China. At present, there are about five or six million almanac printed every year in Taiwan Province. Many modern people still have a deep dependence on the almanac. Scholars believe that the popularity of the Yellow Calendar for thousands of years reflects the Chinese people's belief in the idea of auspicious choice because of the uncertainty of life. ~
About two-thirds of Taiwan Province's almanac and general book are claimed to have been inherited from the "Jichengtang" general book of Hong Chao and Fujian two hundred years ago. The source of Hong Kong's popularity is the Tong Shu of Luo Chuanlie, a "Chongdao Hall" in Guangdong.
In the Yellow Calendar, there is a column with the largest number of words, which should be avoided when writing daily and carrying out various activities.
in the Tang dynasty, Laozi was revered as its ancestor, and the year of Laozi's birth (13 BC) was the beginning of the Taoist calendar. However, after the Song Dynasty, the era of the Yellow Emperor was still used. However, because Taoism respects 6 Jiazi as a god, the traditional Taoist fasting Dojo is based on the age of Tianyun Jiazi, and because of the gods, it is not necessary to express the text and play the throne through the calendar.
A calendar needs a starting point, which is called an epoch. The Gregorian calendar starts from the date of Jesus' birth. But my Chinese Taoist calendar is much more rigorous than the Western calendar!
1. The epoch of the Taoist calendar is related to the astronomical phenomena. History books often say: "The age of the chaotic Jiazi in the Shang Dynasty, the combination of the sun and the moon, the five-star couplet, and the seven Yao Qi Yuan." Second, the calendar of Daoli is related to the accession to the throne of Huangdi. It is said that the day when Huangdi acceded to the throne in 2697 BC coincided with the above celestial phenomena, which coincided with the winter solstice and the New Moon Day, so Huangdi made a calendar and took that day as the starting point of Daoli, that is, Jiazi year, Jiazi month and Jiazi day.
Taking the 6th anniversary of the Yellow Emperor as a date, it is said that the ministers in the era of the Yellow Emperor greatly scratched "the deep affection of the five elements, which occupied the foundation of the annual outline, so they made Party A and Party B famous for the day and called it dry; Making a fool of yourself is a famous day, which is called a branch, and the branches and branches match to become sixty years old. " Ten heavenly stems, such as A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui, and twelve earthly branches, such as Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai, cooperate with each other to form the symbol of the calendar.
Taiyi Mathematical Series records: "In the ancient Jiazi year, when Jiazi was the first month and Jiazi was the first day, the heavenly heart was in the middle of the winter solstice, the sun and the moon were combined, and the five stars (Jin Mu, fire, water and earth, etc., the nine planets in the solar system) were linked to each other, all of which were in harmony with each other, which was the symbol of Shang Yuan. 」。 Every winter solstice is the beginning of the year, Shuodan is the beginning of January, midnight is the beginning of the day, and Jiazi Day is the beginning of the dry branch.
That day-the first day of Jiazi Year, the first day of Jiazi Month, the first day of Jiazi Day-happened to be the time when the five stars were linked together in astronomy, and it was also the moment when the sage, the ancestor of Chinese humanity, ascended the throne, which naturally became the beginning of the Chinese national calendar.
in the Tang dynasty, Laozi was revered as the ancestor of Taoism, and the Taoist calendar began with the year when Laozi was born (13 BC). However, after the Song Dynasty, the era of the Yellow Emperor was still used.
calculation method of Taoist calendar: since 2697 BC is the beginning of the era of the Yellow Emperor, the calendar year of 2697 BC plus the calendar year of the Western Yuan Dynasty is used.