What is Lunar New Year? Why should you avoid doing big things on the Lunar New Year?

What is Lunar New Year?

According to the concept from ancient times, from folk traditions, in addition to choosing auspicious days and months to perform great things. People also avoid bad days such as the day of Yang Gong, the day of Tam Nuong, etc.

Because the days are said to be bad due to the conflicting yin and yang, there is no harmony in terms of heaven and earth chi and the five elements. Because yin and yang are not favorable, the vitality is also not good, so people avoid these days to perform important events.

For example, weddings, groundbreaking, house building, … In which, the Lunar New Year is also the day according to folk beliefs to be avoided.

Lunar New Year in the month

According to the ancient concept, a year has twelve months. There are 3 days in each month which are considered as Lunar Horse Day. Those are the 5th, 14th, and 23rd (all counting) Lunar calendar).

The Origin of the Moon Horse Day

Old grandparents have a saying: “On the fifth, fourteenth, twenty-third / Going out is still worth it, the other is going to trade”. As good as the sentence “The fifth, fourteenth, twenty-third / No matter what you do, it won’t work”.

The ancients thought “There is worship, there is holiness, there is abstinence, there is good”. Therefore, the above words of oral tradition all have certain meanings. That is the experience drawn from many things and many generations for the next generation.

Explaining the lunar calendar according to folklore

According to Chinese numerology, the lunar calendar day is calculated according to the Ha map. Ha chart represents the transformation law of yin and yang. In the Ha map, there is a number 5 in the position of the middle palace and the number 9 in the position of the nine palaces.

In the Ha map, if you take 5 plus 9 you get 14. Then take 14 plus 9 get 23. Finally take 23 and enter the Middle Palace. The sum of the three entries is equal to 5.

It can be understood in such a simple way that every month always has 3 days when added to the sum equal to 5. Day 14 (1+4), 23rd (2+3) and 5th day (5+0).

According to the folk concept, people call this day half-life and half-part, in the middle of the road to break the burden. Wherever you go, whatever you do, it’s hard, difficult, takes a lot of effort and money.

In addition, on these days, people also call “water children” day. On the above days, high tide appeared. This easily creates irregular ocean currents that are dangerous for ships.

On that basis, people also avoid going to sea these days. Also, don’t start off on such a bad day.

Explaining the lunar calendar according to science

From a scientific point of view, the Moon orbits the Earth in the opposite direction to Earth’s rotation and completes one orbital period when compared to fixed stars in about 28 days. Every 2 days or so, the Moon rotates and moves new.

At that time, the fluctuating energy flows are affected by life on Earth. It can be said that, these days, people are easily affected by that impact force. Not only the health but also the human spirit is prone to disturbances. These days are called Moon Horse Day.

As the Moon moves, the energy fluctuates. If the weather is good, it can help keep the body healthy, the spirit excited to work, the decisions are wise. But if “the wind turns against the sky”, people are easy to become sluggish, tired, irritable or have things that don’t go well.

What does the lunar calendar abstain from?

Don’t start a big deal

On the day of the Lunar Horse, it is not advisable to carry out important things such as weddings, breaking ground, building a house, leaving for a long distance or going to sea, etc. When conducting great things on days when the air flow is out of balance, easy to face many difficulties, things do not go as planned.

Especially for boaters, when the water rises, it is necessary to carefully consider sailing and traveling by boat.

Be careful when traveling in rivers, high seas and water activities.

As the information has given, the day of the Lunar Horse is the day “the water rises”. Tidal activity has many unpredictable changes. Therefore, waterway activities, tourism or fishing need to be carefully thought out and put in place safety measures.

How is the lunar calendar resolved?

Although nowadays, many people do not attach too much importance to the nature of the Moon Horse day and still decide on important things. For example, building a house, breaking ground also depends on many other factors. So is the wedding.

However, not only is it a folk concept, but from a scientific perspective, on the days of the Moon Horse, the weather affects people’s decisions.

Therefore, it is best to avoid major events on the days of the Moon Horse. If it is still necessary to perform, it is necessary to observe the time and choose a good time frame with the executor to conduct it. Thereby, can reduce evil and seek good, everything is more favorable.

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