"The red sun is scorching like fire, and I know that the heat is fading and autumn is coming." Among the twelve months of the four seasons of the year, there is a special month, that is, the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is also called Mengqiu, that is, the first month of autumn, and in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the beginning of autumn is also in it. Many people call July "Ghost Month", and even there is a folk saying "Ghost Moon is not out of the three, and if you are not rich, you will be happy", which three are not out? What does this mean exactly? With these questions, let's take a look.
Why is July a ghost month?
From the Ganzhi calendar, we will find that the seventh month of the lunar calendar, also known as the month of Shen, is recorded in the "Shuowen Jie Zi": Shen, "God also." In July, the yin qi became self-destructive, self-sustaining from the mortar, and the ministers listened to things when they fed, and Shen Dan was also in power." Ma Shutian pointed out in the book "The Gods of the Chinese Underworld" that "the yin qi here refers to ghosts, and July is the Ghost Festival."
According to the book, Shen is a god, and in the seventh month, the ghosts will appear in a dynamic manner, and the officials will hold a mortar at the time of feeding (evening) and obey the orders of the gods", and the time when the water and qi of the five elements begin to appear is Shen. We can find clues to this point from the "Records of the Historians", Volume 25, "The Third Book of the Law".
"Shen is a person who speaks yin and uses things, and Shen thief all things, so it is called Shen", and in the triad of the five elements of qi, Shen is the time when water and qi are born. Water vapor, or yin energy, sprouts in July, reaches its peak in November, and dies out in March.
In addition, the number seven itself is also relatively special, and it is said in the "Sayings": "Seven, the righteousness of the yang." From one, the micro yin comes out of it". He also said: "Repeat the way, seven days back and forth, and the sky will also walk." To put it simply, seven is regarded as the number of changes and rebirths in the Heavenly Dao, which contains the meaning of rebirth.
And the twelve earthly branches, corresponding to the twelve zodiac signs, Shen corresponding to the zodiac is the monkey, the ancients said: "Yin Sheng is yellow, monkey nature", 黠 is the meaning of wisdom, also known as "ghost". When we describe a person as very smart, we also like to use the word "ghost" or "ghost".
"The ghost moon is not out of the three, and if you are not rich, you will be happy", which three are not out?
Ghost month, the seventh month of the lunar calendar, in this month, there are many customs, such as the "Golden Gate Chronicles" volume 15 in the Daoguang period: "From the first day of the seventh month (the first day of the first month), each society extends the monks and Taoists to set up Jiao, as the Yulan Society, commonly known as Pudu, to sacrifice to the ownerless ghosts. The public festival of the shrine, each family has its own private sacrifice". People choose to sacrifice to them in such a month, which is also the hope that they will use their good thoughts to move these dead spirits and persuade them to be good and transcend the sea of suffering as soon as possible.
It is more of a psychology to express people's inner goodness, and it is also the hope that they will not be contaminated by bad luck, and when yin qi breeds, they can be safe and smooth.
One out of one: a slang
What exactly is a slang? It means a lie, or a lie, or a big word. In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, itself is a month of persuasion to do good, we have to do good deeds, do good things, and if you only speak big words, lie to deceive others, you will eventually harm others and yourself.
And in the rest of your life, you are likely to hit a wall everywhere, so at this time, we must keep our mouths shut and don't talk nonsense.
Two don't go: go out at night
The Ghost Moon is the month with the heaviest yin qi, especially at night, so some children, as well as frail people, it is best not to go out at night, so as not to be attacked by yin qi, in fact, from a realistic point of view, we also understand that if you go out at night, this is a relatively large temperature difference between morning and evening, and it is indeed easy to cause cold to enter the body, which will lead to the occurrence of diseases.
Three don't go: hit and scold the child
In July, it is best for everyone to live in peace, especially if there are children in the family, we must be careful not to beat and scold the children, say some ugly things, so that the so-called ghosts will hear, then it may attract them to come, thus bringing trouble to the family.
Of course, these are just a set of rhetoric of the ancients, in fact, the inner is also telling us that with the change of months, the change of seasons, in life, we must also change in time, do more things that conform to the solar terms, it is best to value harmony, do not quarrel and so on.