In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there are quite a lot of folk versions of its saying. And the most correct thing I heard was "the door of the earth is open, and the ghosts are running around", what does this mean? In addition, at the beginning of the first day of the seventh month, what are the particularities and traditions? With these questions, let's take a look at what is special about the seventh lunar month.
July, known as the "Ghost Month" by the folk, is a ghost?
This kind of hypocrisy and ethereal thing is really recorded in ancient books. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" explains: ghosts, return. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, people called the deceased "Guiren".
According to the record in the "Book of Rites": "Shuren and Shushi have no temple, and they are called ghosts when they die." The common people, i.e., ordinary people, due to their low social status, did not have enough resources and power to build and maintain their own templesTherefore, they are called "ghosts" after death, and the princes will have a temple to worship, absorb incense, and eventually become immortals and sanctification.
However, here I still want to say that in this society, the only fair thing is that people end up only becoming "people". Fallen leaves return to the roots, people die and return to the earth, and return to people, that is, ghosts.
Seeing this, we also understand that the so-called ghost refers to a form after a person dies, whether poor or rich, living as a human being, and if there is no more, it is called "ghost".
On the first day of the seventh month, "the door of the earth is opened, and the ghosts are running around", what does it mean?
The seventh month of the lunar calendar, known as the "Ghost Month", is mainly caused by the Ganzhi calendar, the first month is Yinhu, February is Maotu, and March is Chenlong...... July is Shen Monkey. Therefore, people call the seventh month of the lunar calendar, also known as the Shen month.
According to the records in the "Historical Records": the son, the nourishment; Those who nourish all things are nourished in the next. Ugly, New. Yan Yang Qi has not descended above, and all things have not dared to come out. Yin said that all things are born from the beginning, so it is called Yin. Mao Zhi is also a word of Mao, and all things are also Mao. Chen, the word of all things. The words and yang qi have been exhausted. Noon, yin and yang, so it is called noon. In the future, everything is done, and there is a taste. Shen is a thief of all things, so it is called Shen.
From here, we can understand that in July, the yin qi is in charge, and it will thief all things on the earth, thief, here is the meaning of destruction, to put it bluntly, the yin qi in July is too heavy, and it will affect all things, including human beings.
Therefore, July can also be understood as a turning point of yin and yang, everything in the world is stable, in people's minds, it has an invisible door, that is, we call the door of the earth, when this door is opened, the yin will run out, suppress the yang, it will be harmful to human beings.
However, people always believe that people live as yang, and after they pass away, they become yin, and this yin qi is heavy, which will destroy all things, that is to say, ghosts will run around and affect people's lives.
What are the traditions and particulars of the first day of the seventh month?
Reminder: 1 don't go, 2 don't move, 3 don't eat, don't 1 thing! In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it is a time node in the alternation of summer and autumn, at this time, people are also prone to illness, especially some frail people, so in order to protect their yang energy, so as not to be injured by yin energy, there are a lot of particulars.
1. Don't go down: Don't go down the river
In July, it is best not to go swimming in the wild, which is what we call going into the water, because the river water at this time is hot at the top and cold at the bottom, and if you suddenly enter the water, it is easy to cause cramps and accidents.
2. Immobility: strenuous exercise
At this time, the yin qi is relatively heavy, we must protect the yang qi, if the high-intensity strenuous exercise, it will lead to a large amount of sweat loss, and for our whole person, it is also extremely unfriendly, easy to cause fatigue, fatigue, and even injury.
3. Don't eat: something cold
When converting yin and yang, we must pay attention to the fact that the diet should also be reasonable, and we should not eat too cold food, such as iced watermelon, as well as iced milk tea, etc., which will cause cold spleen and stomach, and even cause diarrhea.
Don't 1: Go out and run around
As the old saying goes: "July is unusual, go out less if you have nothing to do". At this time, the weather is relatively hot, and the hot and dry air in the body can easily turn into anger, and once you encounter problems, you can't control yourself, conflict with others, and eventually harm others and yourself.
In July, yin energy is the main thing, so we must protect the body's yang energy as much as possible, especially at a time node of yin and yang transformation, it is not possible to be careless, and finally, although the ghosts and gods do not exist, but people's nostalgia and gratitude for the ancestors, this does exist.