In the eyes of the ancients, the solar eclipse not only symbolizes bad luck, but also is very unlucky. "Poetry Xiaoya at the Turn of October" wrote: "At the turn of October, the sun is shining high, and there is food every day, which is also ugly." Ugly people are evil and fierce; Even Confucius. Poem Xiaoya Luming Literature: "I have a guest, De Yin Kong Zhao." Zheng Zhu said, "Confucius, He, Zhao and Ming Ye." Therefore, as early as in the Book of Songs, the solar eclipse has been regarded as a very unlucky symbol.
3. Among the various visions displayed in the sky, the solar eclipse is the most serious, that is, the so-called "the supreme husband is outside the sky, and the change of the sky is outside the solar eclipse". So once there is a solar eclipse, it means that the emperor's behavior is improper. In this regard, the ancients had a lot of discussions. For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, A Jin scholar Bo Xian thought that the solar eclipse was called "bad politics". Without politics and goodness, a country will bring disaster to itself. Zuo Zhuan and Zhao Gong's Seven Years. The so-called poor governance, of course, refers to the rulers. The monarch is the greatest ruler, so the eclipse can of course be considered as the monarch's fault.
In the event of an eclipse in ancient times, there were many ceremonies to pray for peace and the early end of the eclipse. In China, whenever a solar eclipse occurs, people always beat gongs and drums to pray for the sun to appear. At this time, the court will also take action.
How did the total solar eclipse form?
Total solar eclipse is a kind of solar eclipse, that is, an astronomical phenomenon in which the sun is completely blocked by the moon in some parts of the earth. Total solar eclipse can be divided into five stages: initial loss, food, food, light production and recovery. Because the moon is smaller than the earth, only people in the umbra of the moon can see the total solar eclipse. Folk call this phenomenon "Tiangou Food Day". The total solar eclipse happened because of a magical symmetry. The diameter of the sun is 400 times that of the moon, and its distance from the earth is exactly 400 times that of the moon. Therefore, when the moon is completely between the earth and the sun, for those who are completely in the shadow of the moon, the surface of the sun is completely blocked. The sun turned black, leaving only a golden halo, and the sky turned indigo. Birds will get lost or fly back to their nests, while bats and other nocturnal animals may come out bleary-eyed.