Last year (2009), there was a disaster movie "2012" in Hollywood that was released around the world and was very popular at the box office. In fact, if you look it up, there is more than one foreign disaster movie based on the destruction of the earth in 2012. I have seen three of them, "
2012" is one of the most famous and the most heavily invested.
Why are the West keen on making disaster films with devastating themes, and there has always been a market for them? Going back twenty years, some people said it was because of the fear of nuclear threats under the Cold War situation. Now, some people explain that it is because of environmental awareness.
There are different trends of thought in different eras, but one core factor has not changed, and that is the idea of "the end of the world" in Christian culture that occupies a dominant position in the West.
It is precisely because of the existence of the cultural gene of "Doomsday Judgment" that many new cults derived from the contemporary West have taken up the banner of "Doomsday Salvation" and deceived many believers. Some people may not understand why some people in the West
So stupid, can you be deceived? In fact, you don’t understand this cultural background.
"2012" is nothing more than a rehash of the theme in this context. December 21, 2012, in the film, is said to be the end date of a complete cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar. It is said that the Mayan calendar of 1,872,000 days is considered a cycle (this is comparable to the Mayan civilization
The historical period of its existence is much longer). According to historical records, the winter solstice in 2012 means the end of the current era, that is, the completion of a reincarnation.
The cultural mentality of contemporary Westerners is very interesting. Since they have gained a strong dominant position in the world through the history of modern global colonization, their perspective on other civilizations in the world is complicated. Sometimes it is like looking at monkeys in a zoo.
On the surface, people are interested in its ancient and mysterious side. For example, Hollywood also has commercial movies represented by "The Mummy" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, but in essence, it still reflects an entertainment need that satisfies the desire for novelty. The monkeys in the zoo are not
Does it exist just for people’s entertainment and viewing?
On the other hand, they shout slogans such as "environmental protection" and "monkey rights" from time to time, allowing the civilized world outside the West to perform like the monkeys they want. This not only shows their "kindness" and "fraternity", but also wins a
A superior psychological satisfaction, which also makes it easier to control and obtain substantial benefits.
Sorry, what I said may be too straightforward, but many things that actually happened can only be explained by this cultural mentality. It was mentioned above that the ancient Mayan calendar has a large cycle of reincarnation, so do you understand?
, what is the complete cycle of the lunar calendar that has been used in China for thousands of years?
Many people may answer sixty years, because the lunar calendar uses the stems and branches to record the year, and sixty years are a period of time! In fact, this answer is wrong, and the mistake lies in not understanding the Chinese calendar.
No matter which calendar it is, it has two most important components, one is counting years, and the other is setting leaps. For example, the most popular modern AD calendar (Gregorian calendar) starts counting years from the so-called birth date of Jesus.
, this year is the birthday of Jesus, 2010. There are 365 days in each year. If the annual number can be evenly divisible by four, then adding a leap day will be February 29. On this basis, if the annual number can be evenly divided by one hundred but not
If four hundred is divisible, there is no leap year. For example, 2000 is a leap year, but 1900 is not a leap year.
The leap method of the AD calendar promulgated in the 16th century is basically a cycle of four hundred years. If we pursue a more accurate solar calendar and continue to revise it, it can reach a cycle of 3200 years and 80,000 years. However, the rotation of the earth itself
The speed is not absolutely stable, so it is of little significance to pursue the ultimate accuracy of the calendar. Human correction is needed in the historical process. However, the AD calendar has no reincarnation until the so-called end of the world.
The Chinese lunar calendar is different. The oldest leap method before the Han Dynasty was seven leap months in nineteen years. The period of the moon's waxing and waning is one month. There are twelve months in each year. The extra months are leap months. There are seven leap months in total every nineteen years.
, constitute a complete intercalary cycle. The stems and branches are used to record the year. From the year of Jiazi to the year of Guihai, a complete cycle of recording the year is sixty years.
The least common multiple of nineteen and sixty is one thousand one hundred and forty, so from the calendar point of view, every one thousand one hundred and forty years is roughly a complete reincarnation.
Of course, seven leaps in nineteen years were only the oldest lunar calendar leap method before the Han Dynasty. In later generations, Zu Chongzhi of the Southern Dynasty and Li Chunfeng of the Tang Dynasty successively made more precise calculations and revisions of the astronomical calendar, and the method of making leaps matched the return of the zodiac.
cycle, but when compiling the annual calendar, the method of seven leaps in nineteen years is still generally followed (the error is very small), and natural increases and decreases are only made when necessary.
In ancient China, one must understand geography to understand astronomy, and geography and Feng Shui are integrated. Great astronomers like Zu Chongzhi and Li Chunfeng were also the top geography and Feng Shui masters of that era. There is an interesting phenomenon. In ancient China, many people
At that time, the royal family prohibited the private practice of astronomy, but the study of geography and Feng Shui was not prohibited because it had a wide range of applications among the people.
There is a more interesting question, when did the lunar calendar begin to be officially compiled? It has been in use for at least thousands of years, and is also called the Xia calendar. The systematic and complete compilation date is at least no later than the Xia Dynasty. This question has been discussed by historians
It is difficult to verify, and mainstream academic circles can only generally say that it was naturally summarized in the long-term labor process.
However, the framework of such a calendar has been complete and rigorous since its appearance. Someone must have systematically summarized and compiled it from natural understanding. So who is this person and where does it start? There are legends that the Yellow Emperor determined the calendar, and some legends that it was the Yellow Emperor who determined the calendar.
Jiutian Xuannv determines the calendar. As for its starting point, the only clue to verify it is in the compass of Feng Shui masters since ancient times.
There is a theory of "Yuan Yun" in Feng Shui. There are three yuan and nine yuan in the celestial cycle. There are three yuan in the upper, middle and lower parts, and each yuan matches one cycle of sixty years. Each yuan has three yuan, and each yuan has twenty years. The three yuan totals nine.
The terms of luck are: one white Tanlang, two black Jumen, three green Lucun, four green Wenqu, five yellow Lianzhen, six white Wuqu, seven red Pojun, eight white Zuofu, and nine purple right Bi.
A complete Yuan Yun cycle lasts for one hundred and eighty years. To introduce a little more, according to Feng Shui, this Jiazi cycle that started in 1984 belongs to the lower Yuan of the Three Yuans, and the twenty years from 2004 to 2024,
The Eight White Left Auxiliary Star in the Nine Lucks is in season. Therefore, in the "Yuan Yun Chart" drawn by the Liqi Master when looking at Feng Shui, the Eight White Left Auxiliary Star is in the middle of the Nine Palaces grid.
Now we can answer the question above. According to the records of Yuan Yuan calculation in the application of Feng Shui, the latest cycle of stems and branches that started in 1984 (Jiazi) is the 78th Jiazi Yuan in the Yuan Yun cycle after the Ding calendar. So the calculation
The age of the Ganzhi calendar that has been circulated since ancient times should be 60×77+(2010-1984)=4646 years.
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, which uses the stems and branches to record years, it has been 4,646 years from the official calendar to today. This conclusion is only based on the application of Yuan Yuan in Feng Shui and historical records, and cannot be confirmed from the perspective of textual research.
Completely confirmed, but it can also be regarded as a clue to assist in research.
Because I want to write the novel "The Earth Master", I have spent a lot of time studying Feng Shui theory and historical classics. Readers, please treat it as an interesting discussion besides reading this book, and do not need to regard it as a final decision.
conclusion.
This article mentions the theory of three yuan and nine fortunes, as well as the transformation of the flying stars in the nine palace disks drawn by the Liqi Master when looking at Feng Shui, which involves the "Xuankong Flying Stars" theory in Feng Shui. It seems extremely complicated, and related Feng Shui works
It also makes people have a headache, but I discovered during my study that this is actually a kind of nine-base mathematics used by the ancients. The next essay "Xuankong Flying Stars and Nine-base Mathematics" details it. I am very grateful for this.