"36 birds"?
Chinese people like to tell their fortunes according to the zodiac signs. Because it is more vivid. Rats are agile and concealed, while cows are honest and prudent, tigers are brave and violent, rabbits are lively but fragile, flying dragons are noble and mysterious, snakes are poisonous and greedy, horses are outstanding, sheeps are gentle and mature, apes and monkeys are smart and naughty, and domestic chickens love to show. , Dogs are loyal but rigid, pigs are lazy but blessed. People always love to find the shadow of the zodiac in their own body. That's why there is the term "Zodiac".
However, human society is complicated step by step from low-level to high-level. Just like the four directions evolved into eight directions, then twelve, twenty-four mountains. In the face of a plethora of things. Just adopting the original twelve earthly branches is a bit powerless.
is a solution by combining the heavenly stems with the earthly branches. But this method is a bit more difficult for many people who don't have much literacy and education. But the way is people figured out. Since the Chinese zodiac is so popular, simply multiply it by three. This is thirty-six bird .
The so-called "Thirty Six Birds" time is also very old, at least before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Its operation is actually simple. It divides the day into three points, namely towards (from mid-hour to mao, from 11 am to 7 am of the previous day), day and (from hour to hour, from 8 am to pm 3 o'clock), twilight (from Shen Shi to Hai Shi, that is, from 4 pm to 11 pm), the zodiac signs are different in the three time periods.
, for example, a friend whose zodiac sign is "child". According to the three time zones, the person born in the morning is swallow , in daytime is rat , and at twilight is fuyi . The so-called "flat wings" is a kind of bat. Of course, there are differences between
, three birds on the day,
, swallows and , and mice and bats. There is some sacred aura on the swallow, which is full of vitality. The bat is a poor blind man, and cannot catch up with the swallow in speed, but it can still fly.
thus has two more destiny types.
Similarly, other zodiac signs can also be divided into three, which is very interesting. It's just that the "36 Poultry" law has received less attention in the past and lacks modern people's collation. So there is a lot of confusion.
Ugly Day is divided into three parts: cattle, crabs, and turtles . In fact, here, "crab" is probably wrong, and the correct one should be "獬". That is, "Haechi", the one among the ridge beasts. And the turtle is too different from the cow. It may also be caused by the error of the word "獬". In spite of this, since it has become a habit, I have to make mistakes. It is also explained that crab claws are like horns and turtles have a stubborn temper like a cow.
ugly day three birds
Yinri is divided into raccoon, leopard, tiger . The so-called "raccoon" here should refer to the fox. The fox is cunning, the leopard is stubborn, and the tiger is fierce.
yinri three birds
Maori is divided into hedgehog, rabbit, and raccoon . "Hedgehog" is a hedgehog, and "raccoon dog" is the protagonist of "Raccoon Dog in a Hill". In modern times, it is generally called "tanuki" and "civet cat". The hedgehog hides the needle in the cotton, the rabbit is timid, and the raccoon dog is a bit dazed.
Maori three birds
Chenri are divided into three categories: dragon, dragon, fish . Here to talk about the Jiao, usually the dragon Jiao is also called, but according to traditional mythology, the Jiao is a creature lower than the dragon. It should look like a dragon without the horns on its head. Inferred from the article "Zhan Jiao Zhou", it may be a crocodile. Of course, it is also said that it is a mysterious animal. The dragon is a fetish, the dragon is a beast, and the fish is an ordinary creature. Although fish is the most common, it is possible to transform into a dragon. The three beasts
Chenri
Siri are divided into three categories: worm, earthworm and snake . Nothing to say about this. But in fact, the differences between the three are comparable to crabs, cattle, and turtles. There is another saying that it is divided into cicada, carp, and snake. The fish are smooth, the earthworms are hard-working, and the pythons love to pester people.
, the three beasts of the day,
, are divided into three categories: deer, horse, and deer . Roe deer is a kind of small deer. Wang Yuanze, the son of Wang Anshi, has a clever story about roe deer. However, there is a saying that replacing "deer" with "donkey mule" is actually a mule.The deer is a bit immortal and alert, the horse loves to gallop, and the roe deer is a bit wretched, the so-called "roe-headed rat eye". Interestingly, as a herbivore, the male deer has a pair of fangs.
noon, three beasts
are divided into sheep, eagle, goose three categories. The "Goose" here may also be a typo. The pronunciation of the initials has a problem, which also affects the "Eagle". In fact, it may be "Y", a kind of beast .
The three beasts of the future
are not understood by most people. It appeared in "Journey to the West", that is, "Jing Mu Yan" in " Four Wooden Bird Stars ". Many comic strips painted it as a moose, including some famous painters. But the original work Nakai Muya is extremely ferocious. In just a few bites, the rhino's brilliant cold neck was broken. Moose is impossible. In fact, this is the invasion of Manchu . In Manchu, the moose is called "Maganhan". This is actually transliteration. If modern people don't check, they think Jing Muya is a moose.
In the "Historical Records", King Zhou Wen was asked by King Zhou, and the doctor San Yisheng went to various places as the savior to search for strange animals and beasts to pay tribute to King Zhou, and there was "green 犴" in it. Later generations interpreted it as a "hudi dingo", which was regarded as a famous dog at that time, and he had an appetite for the king who liked flying eagles and running dogs to enjoy life. The Ming Dynasty's "Materia Medica Supplements" also adopted this statement, and also told a strange story. It is said that every year there is a strange incident in Shaanxi. A giant beast will fall from the sky that day. It looks like a fierce dog, but in fact, this is the descent of the star. At this time, the locals who have been prepared will have arrows down, and they will count as much as they can hit. Anyway, the target is big. When the time came, the star disappeared. At this time, an arrow dropped. The locals picked it up and checked. If there is a drop of liquid on the body, it is an extremely precious medicine. Z3z
said that Ye Xing is also unlucky, and finally found an opportunity to come out and let it go, and was also used to mix medicine. But if you think about it, what about the other twenty-seven since the star can be in the lower realm? Collect Qi can summon Shenlong.
And I personally think that this "Yi" is actually the one of the nine sons of Longsheng. It looks like a horned tiger. This is in line with its identity as a beast. Although
is mistaken, the advantage is that it is easy for people to remember. It should be because there is a "geese", so there is an "eagle". Sometimes "eagle" is replaced with "eagle", in fact, the two are different birds of prey. Goats can climb high, eagles have sharp eyes, and geese have faith. In addition, "sheep" is a concept unique to China. Foreign countries only have goat (goat) and sheep (sheep). In the eyes of foreigners, goats and sheep are as far apart as sheep and cattle, or tigers and lions. Let me spit out again, you look for "eagle" on Baidu, and it turns out that most of them are American bald eagles.
Shenri is divided into three categories: cat, ape, and monkey . The "cat" here is very different, so some versions use it as a "child", and replace the first one with orangutan , which is a bit rough. Because according to modern people's point of view, orangutans are apes. However, in the view of the ancients, the orangutan is a talking monster, close to the "savages." Another version changed it to "狖", which is a long-tailed monkey, possibly a black leaf monkey. Cats can charm people, apes can transform people, and monkeys have anxious sex. Apes have no tails and monkeys have tails.
Shenri three beasts
youri are divided into three categories: pheasant, chicken, and black . The pheasant is the pheasant, and the crow is the crow. But some versions of Wu were replaced with "Kite", a small bird of prey. Pheasant feathers are gorgeous, chickens have five virtues, and crows are ominous.
you and the three beasts
戌日 is divided into dogs, wolves, jackals three categories. The so-called "Jackal" is now relatively rare. Some places are called "Red Dog". Dogs bark, wolves are greedy, jackals are relatively lack of independent consciousness.
戌日 three beasts
hai day is divided into hog, 獗, pig three categories. The so-called "hog" is also a wild boar. In fact, the first member of the twelve earthly branches was it rather than a domestic pig. And "獗" does not know what kind of beast, it is generally used as an adjective in Chinese in conjunction with the word "ramp". And some versions directly replaced it with a badger. But in fact, this may be the word "貐", which is porcupine . However, some people think that this "茰貐" refers to "猰貐", the fierce beast with the leading tiger's claw in " Shanhaijing ". Wild boars are fierce, porcupines are impulsive, and domestic pigs are delicious.
hai day three beasts
above is threeThe general situation of sixteen birds. In fact, there are many shortcomings in the knowledge of the ancients. For example, they have very little chance of seeing a lion. Otherwise, there must be some foreign animals among the 36 birds.
On the basis of thirty-six birds, the ancients introduced the bird star life prediction system. But this must first have stars. The most famous in China is the twenty-eight zodiac.
What is "twenty-eight nights"? The so-called twenty-eight nights of
also come from the observation of the moon. In the eyes of the ancients, with the stars in the sky as the background, the moon stayed at a different position every day in each cycle. This cycle is about 28 days, which is the time when the moon is missing once. Based on this, the ancients divided the sky into twenty-eight parts, and named the important stars in it, called the "stay", which is the hostel of the moon.
Coincidentally, Saturn travels in the sky almost every week for 28 years. So this is considered to enter one night every year. So it is called "Zhenxing" or "Filling Star".
To put it simply, Twenty-Eight Inn is a chain of twenty-eight hotels in the sky. The moon changes places every day. Saturn changes places every year. One is daily rent and the other is annual rent. Is there a monthly rent? I haven't found it yet.
People divide the twenty-eight nights into four groups and imagine them as animals in the sky. That is, the East Canglong Qi Su: angle, kang, di, room, heart, tail, skip. North Xuanwu Qisu: fighting, bull, female, virtual, dangerous, room, wall . Western White Tiger Seven Sleeps: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Subaru, Bi, Zang, Census . Southern Suzaku Qi Su: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, Yi, Zhen . The name of
Sixiang Twenty-Eight Inn
Twenty-Eight Inn is also difficult to understand, but fortunately, it has been basically deciphered:
is Canglong Palace first: Horn, which is the Horn of Canglong.
Kang is the throat of Canglong, that is, "hang".
di is the sacrum of Canglong. The
room is the atrium of Canglong.
heart is the heart of Canglong. Here is a question, isn’t the atrium and the heart one? In fact, the concept of the ancients is definitely different from that of the moderns. The "room" here should refer to the cavity at a point above the heart. The
tail, the tail of the blue dragon, is also the tail of the Scorpio.
skip, a large bunch of skips. It may still be strange to some people. The previous six places were all parts of dragons. Why is there a living object here? In fact, this is because twenty-eight nights is not the product of someone’s wisdom all the time. Observing the stars is a long process. The ancients did this for thousands of years. Therefore, the time to recognize the stars will be sooner or later. Sometimes, to save trouble, other people's observations are used. In short, it is not the result of observation by the same group of people. Of course, you can also think of Jiuju as the tail fin of the blue dragon.
Canglong Liuxiu may be regarded as one of the oldest star officials. So there is a strong divinity. People also love to arrange its story. The most famous one is Nezha Naohai. However, after coming out of the East China Sea Dragon King Ao Guang, Canglong became quiet a lot.
Qinglong
Next is the Xuanwu Palace:
Dou, that is, the South Dou Liuxing, also like a wine fight in the sky. The
cow, also known as the cow in the sky, is referred to as "long-term cow". It's not an insect, it's the cowboy leading the head. The legend is that this cow contributed to the marriage of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. In fact, the two stars of Cowherd and Weaver are not far from it.
female, that is, female, the goddess is here. In fact, it is the constellation that represents the character of aristocratic women.
is a ruin. It is called the "Ruins of Zhuanxu", which is the abandoned capital of the ancient emperor Zhuanxu. Why was it abandoned? It is not stated in the myth. But this is the most important constellation
in Hokuriku. In ancient times, this refers to the position on the beam of the house. It may be because of the high accident rate there, and the result was linked to "danger". The
room is also the "camp room". The emperor's residence. The
wall, also called the "East Wall", is a wall of the barracks. Structurally, you can understand it as a fixed screen.
Some people think that Xuanwu is the latest among the four gods. Because there is no image of Xuanwu in the murals of the tomb of Marquis Yi in the Warring States Period. But some people think this is just a misunderstanding, and the image of Xuanwu has been replaced with black. Because Xuanwu at that time was equivalent to the god of death, people were unwilling to portray its image.
Xuanwu portrait brick
down is whiteTiger Palace:
Kui, it is said that it is a big pig in the sky, but the original meaning is that the position between the two buns is as big as the buttocks, that is the PP of the white tiger.
Lou refers to Lou people. Many ethnic groups imagined a certain star as their ancestor or patron saint, and these beliefs were later integrated into China's star official system.
stomach, white tiger's stomach pouch.
, a net bag for catching birds. Later he became the ancestor of a country called "Bi".
, there are several sayings about this constellation, some say it is the ancestor star of the Laizi family, and some say it is the eyes of the white tiger. But personally think it actually refers to the one horn on the head of the white tiger. Because the white tiger in the myth is different from the real one, it looks more like a dragon, with a slender body and a horn on its head.
The white tiger star
in ancient water and land paintings. The oracle bone character is the three bright stars of a person looking up in the sky. It is the most important star of Betelge. The ancients preferred to think of it as the head of the white tiger or the body of the white tiger.
White Tiger is also considered to be a relatively late astrology, although it is earlier than Xuanwu, but later than Suzaku.
is Nangong Suzaku at the end:
well, also called "Dongjing", is actually more of a trap. There is a saying that because the white tiger is too ferocious, one of its feet is restrained with a "well". This may also be an implicit expression of the threat of Western powers like Zhou and Qin to the Central Plains.
ghost, which means ghost. The "Accumulated Corpse Qi Underworld Wave" in "Saint Seiya" originated from here. In the astrology, it is represented as the soul of the heavenly army who died in the battle of the emperor.
willow, which is willow . Because it has eight stars, just like a curved weeping willow. But it is also said that the beak of the bird is also called "willow".
star, also called "seven stars". It is the most important constellation in the south. The so-called "star bird in the sun, with Yin Zhongchun" refers to it. But the name is so straightforward that it is not easy to explain.
Zhang refers to the open wings of Suzaku. But it can also refer to archery, or the ancestor of a person named Zhang. Because the time is too long, these concepts are all mixed together, and it is impossible to tell who goes first and who goes. Zhang's surname also comes from Zhang Gong's archery. The
wing, which is the Suzaku wing itself, is next to Zhang Su.
Zhuque Ming device
Zhen, carriage base. Vehicles played a huge role in the lives of ancient people. So it was given a position of star officer. Above
is just the original meaning of the twenty-eight constellations, and there are at least three divine systems derived from it. Confused with each other, many people do not quite understand. Because these three statements are evenly matched. Z3z
is the ancient astrology . For example, the heart hotel is the king of heaven, the room hotel is the heaven, and Ojuku is the palace of the concubine. This is the official interpretation of Twenty-Eight Lakes. It is considered by the ancients to be a big killer for the rise and fall of the world, so it has lofty authority. This, on the contrary, made the emperors of successive dynasties afraid of him, worrying that some people would use it to take his country and undermine social stability. Therefore, the spread of astrological activities among the people is prohibited. However, this system has been passed down firmly. It only delayed the progress of China's astronomical system and was surpassed by the West. Therefore, most people today only know that there are constellations and do not know that there are star officials. The second system of
is also remarkable. In fact, it was created by combining ancient Chinese astrology with ancient European zodiac signs and Indian mythological systems. But compared to the other two systems, they are very weak. Had it not been for the thigh of a famous painting, it would have perished long ago. This painting is called "Five Stars and Twenty-Eight Pagodas". It's a pity that very few people can understand it, but many mechanically imitate it.
Five-Star Twenty-Eight Celestial Figure
The most powerful and famous is the third system, which is the bird star system. Thanks to "Journey to the West", we are familiar with the Huangpao Monster, the Pleiadian Officer, the Four Wood Birds and so on. This is the bird star system. But most people are only half-knowledgeable, so that we think that the mythical beasts like the Pleiades rooster, the wood wolf, the horned wood Jiao, and the Jing Muya are the same as the Western constellations, and they are the images depicted in the sky by the Star-Official Link. In fact, it is not. The way of combining with animals is different from that in the West. It is derived from the compass, or Shizuo. This is also a Chinese characteristic. The combination of
is very simple, that is, divide the twenty-eight places according to the east, west, south and north, and then fill in the thirty-six birds according to their original attributes. But byThere was not enough space, so I had to abandon two birds at the head and tail on each side, and then the 28 birds were installed. In addition, insert the words in the order of "Wood, Gold, Earth, Sun, Moon, Fire and Water" between the names of the stars and the birds. For example, if it was not Jiao but Jiao that was retained at that time, the first place in the twenty-eight nights would be called "Jiaomu Jiao". It's that simple.
The four wooden bird stars
in "Journey to the West" are said to have been invented by the great astronomer Li Chunfeng in the Tang Dynasty. Why would he do this? I'll talk about it next time. Because the changes of Twenty-Eight Bird Stars are so rich, one chapter must be devoted to them.
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