Fire of Antares in July

"July Fire" comes from the Book of Songs, national style and folk customs. July filariasis, September clothes.

The so-called "filariasis" is explained on page 952 of the concentrated edition of Ci Hai: "Fire, the name of the star, is the heart. Every year in the summer calendar, the heart stays in the sky at dusk in May, and it gradually goes west after June. The heat in summer began to decline. " In addition, Confucius said: "Those who travel westward in July are also the stars of fire, and they know that the cold is getting colder." It can be seen that "July fire" is related to solar terms and climate, but it is by no means a word to describe the heat. Therefore, Yu Guanying's selected translation of The Book of Songs is more concise: "After dusk in autumn, the great Mars sets in the west, which is called' filariasis'".

"July" refers to July in the summer calendar; "Flow" refers to moving and falling; "Fire" refers to the star name "Big Mars" (not Mars orbiting the sun), that is, the heart.

"Big Mars" is a famous red giant star, which can emit lux light. It is located in the south, and it is the highest in the evening of May every year in the summer calendar. On the evening of July in the summer calendar, the position of Mars gradually descended from the sky to the west. "Go to Qiu Lai in the summer." People call this phenomenon "July filariasis".

Therefore, the real meaning of "July fire" means that in July of the summer calendar, the weather gradually turns cold, and at dusk, you can see big Mars falling from the west.

It is said that 3,000 years ago, under the rule of Zhou Chengwang, there was a kingdom of tapirs (B and N) in today's Bin County, Shaanxi Province. Long ago, Zhou was the birthplace of Zhou agricultural culture. At that time, the calendar was not perfect, and the guidance of farming activities depended entirely on stargazing. Every year at the end of summer, a red star named fire appears in the southern sky-Alpha Star of Scorpio. According to the observation experience, farmers know that summer is coming to an end, autumn is coming, and the busiest autumn harvest season of the year has arrived.

In a flash, it was a few days. At the same time in autumn and evening, the farmer looked at the southern sky again and found that the fire had moved westward and fell down compared with a few days ago. A few days later, it moved westward and fell even more. A month later, at the same time, looking at the southern sky, the fire has moved to the western horizon, too low, trapped in the clouds, covered in the mountains, out of sight. Dear readers, this process is called "July filariasis". There is only one solution, not two. Water flows downwards. The fire is moving to the west and falling. Fire has a unique connotation and special significance here. Refers to the alpha star of Scorpio, which is called Antares in ancient astronomy in China. It is by no means a "scorching sun" fire. When you read the text, you will make jokes.

"Fire is in July, clothing is in September" is the first two sentences of Qi Feng in July. The first sentence is an introduction, and the weather is getting cold. It's time to sew cold clothes What's more, we use the lunar calendar 3,000 years ago, and we know that it was July, which is August this year. If you want to observe today, you have to wait until September in the solar calendar.