As the autumn leaves in the north are withering and yellow, the Year of the Tiger in Renyin is about to pass. We are only more than two months away from 2023, and only more than three months away from the Year of the Rabbit in Guimao! An old man said that next year, Guimao Year of the Rabbit in 2023, is the year of the Black Rabbit, and is also the year of the Golden Year of the Rabbit . So what year will be next year in the Year of the Rabbit? Why is there such a saying?
First of all, let’s talk about the saying of the Year of the Black Rabbit.
Next year is the year of Guimao Rabbit. The so-called "Guimao" is a way of chronology in the stem and branch calendar. The ancestors matched the ten heavenly stems with the twelve earthly branches in sequence, with the heavenly stems in front and the earthly branches behind. In this way, sixty years are a cycle, and cycles are repeated.
In addition to using the stems and branches to record the year, we also use the "Zodiac Sign". The ancestors matched the twelve earthly branches with the twelve animals. Every year there is an animal that serves the job, which is what we call the twelve zodiac signs.
In every sixty years, there are five identical earthly branches, and there are five identical zodiac signs. Although the zodiac signs are the same, in a cycle of sixty years, the heavenly stems that match each Earthly Branch Zodiac sign are different.
Take the Year of Mao and Rabbit as an example, there are five types: Dingmao, Jimao, Xinmao, Guimao, and Yimao. Since the ten heavenly stems have different five elements attributes , these five different Years of Mao and Rabbit have also been given different five elements attributes, Ding belongs to fire, Ji belongs to earth, Xin belongs to metal, Gui belongs to water, and Yi belongs to wood. Therefore, the year of the Rabbit in Guimao in 2023 is the year of the Water Rabbit.
In traditional culture, the five elements will be matched with five colors, gold and white, fire and yellow, earth and yellow, wood and blue, and water will be black. Therefore, the Year of the Water Rabbit is also regarded as the Year of the Black Rabbit.
This is why the people call the Year of the Rabbit in Guimao and is called the Year of the Rabbit in the Black Rabbit!
So, since the year of the Guimao Rabbit is called the Year of the Water Rabbit and the Year of the Black Rabbit, why does the saying that the Year of the Guimao Rabbit is the Year of the Golden Rabbit appear?
In fact, this statement also has some truth. The saying of the year of the Black Rabbit is because the heavenly stem Gui is water, the color is black, and the earthly branch Mao is rabbit, so Gui and Mao are regarded as two parts. The saying that the year of Guimao Rabbit is the year of Jinraoshi is regarded as "Guimao" as one.
Heavenly stems have five elements, and the earthly branches also have five elements matching. If the heavenly stems and the earthly branches match, they will form sixty different stems and branches. And these sixty stems and branches will also give birth to new five elements attributes. This is what our ancestors called the Five Elements of Na Yin, which is also called "the false five elements".
There are thirty five elements of Na Yin. The ancestors divided the sixty stems and branches into thirty groups, each of which was a group, giving them the attributes of the five elements of Na Yin.
For example, Jiazi and Yichou, their false attributes are , sea gold ; Renwu and Guiwei, their false attributes are sacred and willow trees.
From this, every sixty years, there are five different Na Yin and Five Elements attributes. Take Dingmao, Jimao, Xinmao, Guimao, and Yimao, as for the five years of rabbits, Dingmao is the fire in the furnace, Yimao is the water of the big stream, Jimao is the soil in the city, Xinmao is pine and cypress wood , and this year, Guimao is gold foil and gold .
The saying of the Year of the Golden Rabbit comes from this!
Whether it is the theory of heavenly stems, earthly branches, or the theory of yin and yang and five elements, they are all precious cultural heritage left to us by our ancestors. These cultural heritages are rooted in the soil of thousands of years of folk culture and have changed with the changes in our ancestors' perception of the world. They have never been cut off for thousands of years. They are an inexhaustible and inexhaustible resource left to us and even to the world by our ancestors.
