Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws and human nature. There is a saying among the folk, "There will be a month of August, and the twelfth lunar month will be dead." Let's learn about why this is said.
"It will be born in August, and it will be dead in the twelfth month." refers to two types of blessed people, one is the "can live" and the other is the "can die".
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First say "will be born in August". The editor feels that there should be two understandings literally.
One: "Can give birth to August" refers to the mother who gives birth to a child in August. Women who have children in August are blessed people. In August, the autumn is clear and the osmanthus is fragrant and the weather is very warm. If you give birth to a child this month, the mother will obviously not suffer when she is in confinement.
August is the harvest season, and it is the season of busy farming in autumn. In the last century, or earlier, peasant women, especially those with poor families, had to participate in the labor of the fields.
During the busy farming season, I work hard every day, and that feeling is very bad. But at this time, if you give birth, then you will be in confinement and you can rest at home without having to work. Therefore, the ancients believed that women who gave birth to children this month were blessed women.
In addition, in the era of lack of food and drink, many families will not be short of food only in the harvest season. When a mother is confinement at this time, she can take good care of her body and is very beneficial to her personal health.
The second: refers to a child born in August. Born in August, because the mother does not lack food and drink, she is healthy, and the child will naturally be healthy. At the same time, eight and "fa" are homophonic. The ancients believed that eight is auspicious number, so children born in August are naturally very auspicious and will be blessed throughout their lives.
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"It will be the twelfth lunar month", the editor feels that it should also be understood from two aspects.
One: The twelfth lunar month is the last month of the year and the coldest month. It was cold and cold, especially in ancient times or the last century. There was a shortage of food and clothing. If a person died at this time, he would suffer less from cold.
In addition, due to the restrictions of conditions in ancient times, the bodies would not rot quickly in the twelfth lunar month, which could ensure that they would be parked at home for a longer time.
Also, the New Year is over the twelfth lunar month. During the Chinese New Year, many families will improve their lives. Older or sick people naturally lose their appetite. It is a pain to see other members of the family eating and drinking delicious food and drinking, but they can't eat or swallow it themselves.
So, from these aspects, those who die in the twelfth lunar month should be blessed.
The second: It is good for the families of people who die in the twelfth lunar month. As the end of the year approaches, there is no work in the fields and many people are idle. At this time someone dies, and the owner of the business will be very lively. No one doesn't want the wedding and funerals to be lively and popular.
We all know that weddings and funerals must be bought. But in the twelfth lunar month, not only is it cold, but it is approaching the New Year, and people are not short of oil and water in their stomachs, so they naturally don’t eat much, which is also a kind of saving for the owner.
At the same time, the owner can use the food that cannot be finished when doing things, which invisibly saves expenses.
Conclusion: "It will be born in August, and it will be dead in the twelfth lunar month." In ancient times, there was some truth. But because the saying is formed in a specific historical period, it is obviously unreasonable to put it now over time. Whether a person has good fortune has nothing to do with the month of birth and death.
For common sayings, we must carefully understand them, take the essence and remove the dross in order to use them for our own use. (END)
