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In the past, there was no advanced forecasting equipment, and people's cultivation completely depended on the weather for food, so they always hoped to predict the year through some things, and the "Spring Cow Chart" was one of them.
According to legend, the "Spring Cow Picture" originated before the Tang Dynasty and has been circulated among the people for more than 1,000 years. "Qing Jialu" records that there was "...... in the city" at that time The people who sell paintings gather in the Sanqing Palace, and the villagers compete to buy the Mangshen Spring Cow Picture".
The spring cow diagram is composed of two parts, the spring cow and the mangshen, which predicts the agricultural time, weather, rainfall and drought of the year, agricultural harvest, livestock diseases and other information in a way with pictures and texts.
It is believed that the beginning of the spring solar term is the beginning of the four seasons, and the characteristics of the day are naturally the characteristics of the "spring cow map" of the year, and the overall situation of the beginning of the spring solar term can be judged from the information drawn in the spring cow map.
Standing: If the day of the beginning of spring is within five days before and after the first day of the first month, the god of mangs and the ox stand side by side; outside the first five days, the god of mangs is in front of the ox, and the last five days are outside, the god of mangs is behind the ox.
Ox mouth, ox tail: If it is a yang year, that is, the year stem is A, C, E, G and Ren years, the cow's mouth is open and the tail is placed on the left; if it is a lunar year, that is, the year stem is B, D, Ji, Xin and Gui years, the cow's mouth is closed, and the tail horse is placed on the right.
The color of the cow: the color of the cow's head is determined according to the year of the heavenly stem, the first and second years are cyan, the third and second years are red, the second and second years are yellow, the geng and xin years are white, and the non and dec years are black.
The color of the ox body is determined by the year, the year of Haizi is black, the year of Yinmao is green, the year of Siwu is red, the year of Shenyou is white, and the year of Chenxu is yellow.
The color of the horns, ears and tails of the ox is determined according to the heavenly stem on the day of the beginning of spring, the first and second days are green, the day of C-Ding is red, the day of Wuji is yellow, the gengxin is white, and the non-deuce is black;
The color of the cow halter and the rope is determined by the spring stem, A and B are white, C is black, Wu Ji is green, Gengxin is red, and non is yellow.
Mangshen: The color of Mangshen's clothes and belts is determined by the earthly branch of the beginning of spring, Haizi is a yellow cloth and a green belt, Yin Mao is a white and red belt, Siwu is a black and yellow belt, Shen You is a red and black belt, and Chenxu Chou is not a white belt in green clothes.
The old and young of the Mangshen are divided into three situations according to the chronological earthly branches: Yin Shen Sihai is the old man, the meridian is young and strong, and the Chen Chou is not a child.
In addition, if the god of Mangshen in the picture does not wear shoes and the trouser tube is rolled up, it means that there is more rain in that year, and the higher the trouser tube is rolled, the more rain there is; if you wear shoes, it represents drought, and one foot is barefoot, and one foot wears shoes to represent drought and flood from time to time, or drought of drought and waterlogging.
In addition, the height of the mangshen is four feet, which means the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter; the length of the body is eight feet, which represents the "eight festivals" of the year, that is, the four stands, two points, and two solstice; the oxtail is one foot two inches long, symbolizing the 12 months of the year; the length of the mangshen is three feet six inches five, representing the 365 days of the year, and the whip is two feet four inches, representing the twenty-four solar terms of the year.
Therefore, the "Spring Ox Picture" in the 2024 Jiachen Year is the image of "Tsing Yi Boy Chasing the Cattle": the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, on the sixth day before the first day of the Lunar New Year, is the god of Mangshen in front of the cow, implying that the spring is busy early;
The year of the year represents the spring ox as the green head of the ox, the Wuxu Rilichun represents the horns, ears, tail and shin of the ox are yellow, and the year stem is the first to represent the head of the ox and the rope is white.
This year's Lichun Festival represents the Mangshen as a boy on the day of the day, and the Wuxu Rilichun represents the boy wearing blue clothes and a white belt;
The "Spring Ox Sutra" on the "Spring Ox Map" in the year of Jiachen is "the dragon head belongs to Jiachen, and the high and low can get five points; the spring and summer are still flooded, and the autumn and winter are also cold people; Lu Di is good at mulberry and hemp, and Wu Yue Gu rice is happy; I like to see that after the three winters of that year, the six animals were bullied and fed people", which is basically the same as that described in the "Earth Mother Sutra".