Taisui is on the ground(tài suì tóu shàng dòng tǔ)

Taisui is on the ground

"Land on the head of Taisui" is an old Chinese saying, which shows a cultural taboo. In the past, people believed that not believing in this taboo would really lead to disaster. According to the book Youyang Zazu of the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Feng who "dug a hole in Taisui's head and saw a piece of meat, as big as an ox, wriggling and moving, so he filled it, and the meat grew with it. Abundant fear, abandon it, through the night, long plug in court. Brother Feng and his maidservant learned of the violent death in a few days, and the only female was still alive. " "Guangyi Ji" also says: Huang Liangzhen is not afraid of ghosts. Every year, he has to dig earth on Taisui's head. Once, he dug out a piece of meat, beat it hundreds of times with a whip and threw it on the road. That night, someone saw some gods riding on horseback to comfort the meat, and asked: "elder brother Taisui, why did you not take revenge for being humiliated and beaten by him?" The answer is: the man is full of blood, and I can't help it. "Taisui" disappears after dawn. In Chinese folk, "Taisui" has always been regarded as a mysterious power, a power that can dominate and influence people's destiny. It's gone, it's everywhere. In fact, "Taisui" is actually a celestial body assumed by ancient people. As a specific creature, "Taisui" really exists.

brief introduction

In ancient times, the celestial ecliptic was divided into twelve equal parts, including Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, you, Xu, Hai. It goes clockwise from east to west, which is called the twelfth hour. The year star just goes around the sky in twelve years (the actual revolution period of Jupiter is 11.8622). Therefore, the year star is used to record the year, and it has the name of twelve times. The twelve stars are "Xingji" (Chou), "xuanqiu" (Zi), "Suozi" (HAI), "Jianglou" (Xu), "Daliang" (you), "Shishen" (Shen), "Guishou" (Wei), "Guihuo" (Wu), "Guiwei" (SI), "Shouxing" (Chen), "Huoda" (MAO), "Ximu" (Yin). If you want to record the year, you should write the year star on the star number. Such as "the year is in the star period", "the year is in the Xuan period" and so on. This is called "the year star chronology". Because the direction of the zodiac star is from west to East and counterclockwise, which is not in line with the habit of moving from east to West in real life, astronomers, for convenience, assume that a "false Zodiac star" that goes in the opposite direction to the zodiac star is called Taisui, which is used to record the year together with the twelfth hour. And every day has a Taisui name. This is called "Taisui chronology". The Taisui is written on the Taisui name of the year in which it is to be recorded. Due to the location of Taisui and twelve Chen in the East, West, North and south, it is necessary to observe the location of Taisui (tianguanshu in historical records), which leads to a kind of superstition. That is to believe that Taisui is the culprit, and avoid moving the earth (including digging the earth to build or moving the house, etc.). As the saying goes, "the earth should be moved on the head of Taisui", its true meaning is that Taisui star should not be moved on the head. Taisui here has nothing to do with the "Taisui bacteria" found among the people. This sentence later extended to provoke a strong opponent.

The origin of Idioms

The source of the idiom is: in the chapter of difficult year of Lun Heng written by Wang Chong of Han Dynasty: "the day when the apprentice was transferred:" the apprentice arrived at the age of Tai Sui, and the Fu Tai Sui was also ferocious. " Taisui is the Jupiter in the sky. Because Jupiter moves once every 12 years, the ancients called Jupiter the year star or Taisui. It is not only a star, but also one of the gods worshipped by Chinese people. According to historical records, Taisui is a celestial body assumed by the ancients. It moves at the same speed as the year star (Jupiter) but in the opposite direction. When Taisui arrives at a certain area, there is a meat like thing under the ground in the corresponding position. It is the embodiment of Taisui. Moving earth in this position will alarm Taisui. Therefore, this is the origin of "there will be disasters if the earth is broken on the head of Taisui.". in fact, the "Taisui incarnation" does have something. It is not an animal or a plant, but a protoplast in the process of life evolution. In other words, Taisui is a kind of Myxomycete, a protoplast between organisms and fungi, which has both protozoan and fungal characteristics. Li Shizhen called it "Ganoderma lucidum" in compendium of Materia Medica, and called it "Ben Jing Shang pin". the ancient book Shanhaijing called "Taisui" as "seeing meat, gathering meat and Ganoderma lucidum" and described it as "eating as much as possible, looking for rebirth". in recent years, this species has been found all over China.

explicate

This sentence means to touch a stone with an egg. It is used to refer to people and things who are beyond their ability. Sometimes it is also used to refer to the spirit and behavior of daring to break through the forbidden area of science.

Chinese PinYin : tài suì tóu shàng dòng tǔ