The twelfth lunar month is the end of the year. In ancient times, it was a time for sacrifices. So what is the origin of the twelfth lunar month? What zodiac sign belongs to the twelfth month? Want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Pay attention to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the twelfth month of the lunar calendar!What is the origin of the twelfth lunar month?"La" means to ask for something. In the twelfth month of each year, all things are gathered together and asked for a feast." "La" and "La" are similar. Sacrificing to ancestors is called "La", and sacrificing to gods is called "La". "La" and "La" are both sacrificial activities, which are mostly carried out in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, so people call the twelfth month the La Month.The twelfth lunar month is the end of the year. In ancient times, people had nothing to do during the farming season, so they went out hunting. One is to get more food to make up for the shortage of grain, and the other is to use the hunted wild animals to sacrifice to ancestors and gods, pray for blessings and longevity, avoid disasters and welcome good luck. According to Customs and Rites by Ying Shao, a scholar of the Han Dynasty, "La means connection, the handover of the old and the new, so a grand sacrifice is held to reward the merits." There is a similar statement in the Book of Sui, Rites and Etiquette: "In November of the fourth year of Kaihuang, the imperial edict said: La was called in ancient times, which means connection, and it means the alternation of the old and the new." This means that La contains the meaning of replacement of the old and the new, and bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. As the year draws to a close, at the turn of the old and the new year, people offer sacrifices to their ancestors and family gods to report a year of longevity and good harvests, and to share the joy of the harvest in heaven and on earth. What zodiac sign belongs to the twelfth month?The Chinese lunar calendar uses the Beginning of Spring as the node for the alternation of the zodiac signs . That is to say, the Lunar Year of the Dog in 2018 will not end until the Beginning of Spring in 2019. Therefore, according to the old almanac, the Beginning of Spring in 2019 is exactly February 4, which is the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month. Then a baby born before the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month is of the dog sign, and a baby born after the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month is of the pig sign.In the traditional calendar, each month of the lunar calendar has a corresponding heavenly stem and earthly branch. The correspondence between the twelve earthly branches of each month and the zodiac is as follows: Lunar calendar: Yin month (Tiger) Lunar calendar: Rabbit (Mao) The third month of the lunar calendar: Dragon The fourth month of the lunar calendar: Snake Lunar calendar fifth month: Horse Lunar calendar: Sheep (month of the sheep) The seventh lunar month: Monkey The eighth month of the lunar calendar: Rooster The ninth month of the lunar calendar: Dog Lunar calendar tenth month: Pig The eleventh lunar month: the month of Rat The twelfth lunar month: Chou (Ox) Since the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is the twelfth month, the zodiac sign of the month's earthly branch is Ox, and the earthly branch Chou belongs to the earth element, so the twelfth month is associated with the earth element. |
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