<h1>In addition to the Dragon Boat Festival, these 8 days in May, known as the Heaven and Earth Jiaotai Poison Day, the ancients let the daughter-in-law return to her mother's home? </h1>
After entering the May Mangosteen Festival, Chinese one of the biggest traditional folk festivals of the year, the Dragon Boat Festival, arrives.
On May 5, it was the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat racing, eating rice dumplings, drinking Xionghuang wine...
In China's traditional cultural customs, the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, a loyal minister who was martyred by his body, also has an important significance, that is, to remind people to pay attention to guarding against the invasion of poisonous insects and other evil poisons on this day.
In the traditional culture of the I Ching, the first month, March, May, July, September and November of the lunar calendar of the year are called "Yang Moon", and the focus is on the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
The ancients believed that May and November of the lunar calendar were the meridian months, the months of yin and yang, the months of alternating cold and summer, and the flow of heaven and earth.
In the 5th month of the lunar calendar, the bucket refers to the "noon" position, natural things from zhengrong to prosperity, the sun's atmosphere is heavy, so the "Dragon Boat Festival" festival in the hot summer is also known as "Duanyang".
"All things under the heavens, those born of the sun's qi, are poisonous stings..."
The ancients therefore called the 5th month of the lunar calendar "Poison Moon".
"Yuan Yiyuan" noted that the reason why people attach importance to the day of the "Dragon Boat Festival" is because of the "double noon", which is called "poison plus poison, evil plus evil" day.
In fact, in addition to the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are eight days in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which are collectively known as the "Heaven and Earth Tai Nine Poison Day".
In the 64 gua of the Zhou Yi, the "Tai Gua" where heaven and earth intersect is considered to be auspicious and smooth, while the "no gua" that does not intersect with heaven and earth is called the sinister and closed gua.
Among them, the gua words of the "Tai" gua are: small to big, Ji Heng. The words of the "No" 卦卦 are: "No is a bandit, not a gentleman." Big to small.
Heaven and earth intersect, implying yin and yang harmony, natural harmony, but adding a "poison" word, it is not beautiful.
So, in the 5th month of the lunar calendar, what other days are called "Heaven and Earth Jiaotai Nine Poison Day", and what do we need to pay attention to?
Checking the information, "Yuan Yiyuan" paid attention to the fact that the "Nine Poison Days of Heaven and Earth Jiaotai" are: the first 5 (Dragon Boat Festival), the first 6, the first 7, May 15, May 16, May 17, and May 25, May 26 and May 27.
In folk customs, the ancients believed that in the poisonous month of May, in addition to the extreme month of heaven and earth, it is necessary to do a good job of maintaining health and recuperating the gods, avoiding the invasion of yin qi, evil qi and poisonous insects, and at the same time strictly prohibiting killing and adultery, as if it is prudent or forbidden for husband and wife to have sex together!
Why did the ancients specifically propose that in these festivals, husband and wife are forbidden to have sex together, which mainly takes into account that in the two special time periods of extreme yin and yang, when yin and yang compete for death and life, if they have sex together, it is easy to damage the body and lose their essence, resulting in a serious injury to the yin and yang vitality of men and women.
Is there any truth to this custom of the ancients?
In the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, one of the four classic works of traditional medicine, one of the earliest medical texts in China, "Yuan Yiyuan" found a dialogue between the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan and the White Water Sunu.
In this dialogue, the health and health issues of the "Nine Poison Days of Heaven and Earth" in May were involved, and the taboo of cohabitation between men and women was also discussed.
The Yellow Emperor paid tribute to Su Nu and asked her for the art of the room, in order to understand the way of yin and yang.
Su Nu then stated to the Yellow Emperor the "Law of the Five Daughters", not in vain to hurt the hearts of her parents, but the nature of men and women.
In this dialogue, Su Nu said: Every year on the sixteenth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, it is the day when the qi of heaven and earth meets, men and women are not allowed to have sex, and those who disobey will die within 3 years.
What can be verified? Take a foot of new white cloth and hang it on the east wall that night, and the next morning there will be blood color when you watch it, so don't share a room.
As for this custom and exhortation of the Su Nü in the "Sutra of the Su Nü", some people did not believe it to be true and took it as a matter of course.
However, in folk customs, it is more that "taking a hundred pills is better than lying alone overnight." At the time when heaven and earth meet, it is suitable for pure heart and widowhood, and it is necessary to be cautious about intercourse and avoid damage to the yuan qi, which is in line with the natural principle of harmony between heaven and man.
Since May is the poisonous month, and encounter these days of poisonous days, the heavens and the earth flow, yi quiet, less angry, raise god... In this month, the ancients simply sent their daughter-in-law back to their mother's house to live for a month, which is more beneficial to physical and mental health.
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References: "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic", "Chinese Folk Myths and Legends", "Chinese Myths", "Chinese Folk Customs", etc.;