Tomorrow will come to the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is a special month, and people call it "Ghost Month", "Shen Month" and so on. This Shen month should be explained a little, in the Ganzhi calendar, the year is divided into twelve months, each month corresponds to an earthly branch, and July corresponds to "Shen", so it is also called Shen month. The "Records of the Chronicles of the Law" records: "Shen, the seventh month also. In the law, the twelve sons are Shen. The declarant, the word is yin, and the thief is everything. Heavy also".
Why do you say that the first day of July is "the door of the earth open"?
This is because of Shen Yue, it also means that the yin energy begins to rise, a stage of yang convergence, this is also a law of yin and yang changes in nature, according to the ancients, the land carries all things, and the rise of yin energy is a process of breaking through the soil, at this time the yin energy hidden in the ground begins to rise, which is a process of opening the door of the earth.
In addition, we can also find from the calendar that the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Gengzi day of the Xinwei month of the Jiachen year, and the old saying has been saying that every Geng must change, and this change is actually a conversion of yin and yang. In addition, July is also considered to be the ghost month, when people are alive, it is yang, when they die, it is yin, and the ghost month, that is, the day when ghosts come out, to put it bluntly, it is the day when yin energy begins to break through the earth.
What are the customs on this day? Remember: 1 don't touch 2 don't say 3 don't eat 4 don't stay, don't be taboo!
1 do not touch: incense
On the day when the ghost door is open, remember not to touch the incense, the incense is used for worship, if you say to touch these things, the folk think that it will destroy the path of the ghost, then it is easy to bring bad luck to yourself, so at this time, do not touch the incense, so as not to bring trouble to yourself.
2. Do not speak: speak ill of others, and say that the ancestors are not
Saying bad things about others, this is also not something to do, the old saying has been said, gossip is not about people, as the so-called people are doing, the sky is watching, when you say bad things about others, it is very likely that others will know, and eventually it will usher in contradictions, which will bring disaster.
No matter what, don't talk about the rights and wrongs of the ancestors, whether it's good or bad, we should know how to be grateful, not to talk about it, or even to say that it's not, this is an extremely immoral behavior, and it will even offend the ancestors, and at this time, it happens to be when they come out, let alone say it.
3. Don't eat: meat, spicy food, ice drinks
On the first day of the seventh month, we can't eat meat, we should eat lighter, eat more vegetarian food, this is also recorded in the ancient books, because the first day of July every year, also called the congenital festival, the book records: the congenital festival, the first year of the Song Dynasty Dazhong auspicious fu, to the first day of July the Holy Ancestor descended as the congenital festival, five days off, two capitals and Zhulu states, the government, the army, the prison seven days before the construction of the dojo Jiao, slaughter; Festival, Shishu special feast, Beijing lights lamps.
Cutting off slaughter means not killing, and from the side, it is also telling us that it is best not to eat meat on this day, so as not to bring disadvantages to yourself.
Spicy food, which means spicy things, this is also to eat less, because in July, it is just a stage of summer and autumn, if you go to eat some spicy food, it will lead to the whole person on fire, then it will naturally bring disaster to the body, July, has begun to change from damp heat to dry heat, hot and dry weather to eat less spicy food.
Ice drink, also in the month of July, can not eat, the door of the ground open, itself yin is heavier, cold ice drink these, is also heavier yin, this time itself to protect the body's yang, but eating these is an act of hurting yang, so naturally can not eat.
4 Do not leave: garbage, mold, guests, dirty clothes
Garbage, at the beginning of July, we can't leave garbage, we have to clean the house, because this time, it is also the time when the rain is the most, leaving some garbage, it is easy to pollute the air.
Mold, that is, moldy things, such as grain, and other wooden things, if mold, should be thrown away in time.
Guest, if someone comes to your house in July, don't leave them in your house at night, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
Dirty clothes, people think will bring bad luck, on the first day of the seventh month, itself is the door of the earth opened, a time when the yin qi is extremely heavy, if you leave these, it will destroy a good luck of yourself.
Tomorrow is the first day of the seventh month, in such a day, the folk pay attention to taboos are more, of course, the essence of the hope is that at the turn of the seasons, we can be more healthy, and at the same time in the following days, can be smooth.