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  • Is Lunar New Year the same as Chinese New Year?

    Is Lunar New Year the same as Chinese New Year?

    Today’s issue is about “Is Lunar New Year the same as Chinese New Year?”

    The answer is No. The Lunar New Year is very different of the Chinese New Year.

    The lunar calendar is like a cookie, the traditional Chinese calendar is like a pizza.

    Although the basic materials are similar(it’s all about the earth), the development, detail, history and humanistic sentiments are different.

    In fact, the traditional Chinese calendar is include lunar and solar calendar, is an advanced calendar.

    So don’t confuse the two, please respect the traditional Chinese culture.

  • Who is the first person in the world to propose that moonlight comes from the reflection of sunlight?

    Who is the first person in the world to propose that moonlight comes from the reflection of sunlight?

    A question related to earth sciences and cosmic astronomy today is “Who is the person who first proposed in the history of the world that the moon’s lunar system comes from the sunlight (also known as sunlight) reflected from the sun?”

    “Anaxagoras”, born in Athens, ancient Greece in 500 BC, was an ancient Greek philosopher, scientist and astronomer who brought philosophy to Athens and influenced Socrates’ thought.

    Anaxagoras found that the moon is soil, closer to the ground than the sun, and has no light. Moonlight comes from the sun and is blocked by the moon to form lunar and solar eclipses. However, because his astronomy violated the religious beliefs of the Athenians at the time, he was charged with disrespect for gods.

    Therefore, the world generally believes that the first person in history to propose the theory that moonlight comes from the reflection of sunlight is the ancient Greek scientist.

    However, in a very old Chinese book on astronomy and mathematics, “Zhou Li Suan Jing”, it has actually mentioned the description of “Moonlight is born in the sun”: “The sun is like fire, the moon is like water, and fire is outside. Light and water contain the scenery, so the moonlight is born in the sun, the soul is born in the sun, the day is shining, and the sun is full. (Recorded in Erya Commentary Volume 6)”, in other words, ancient scholarship of that era The phenomenon and concept of moonlight coming from sunlight have been widely known in the world.

    Although “Zhou Ti” has no definite writing date, it is rumored that it was written by Zhou Gong, and Zhou Gong died in 1032 BC, much earlier than the time of Anaxagoras above. There is also a saying that “Zhou Tu Suan Jing” was written in the late Western Han Dynasty.

    During the Han Dynasty, there was a debate in front of the emperor. It was recorded as follows: “A famous official objected to Zhenwei, thinking that “moon light was born in the light of the moon and the sun.” It has nothing to do with the loss of the Tao,” and these contents all come from the knowledge of the ancient Scriptures scholar in the Han Dynasty, which means that the ancient texts of the Han Dynasty have shown that the moonlight comes from the sun.

    In addition, the ancient Ming character “朙” was first recorded in ancient books handed down from the Han and Song dynasties. For example, the “Hou Han Ji· Juan Shou” has written “… Zhen Yuxun’s talents, wisdom, and economics are enough to be described by Jia Shi as the great…” and other texts.

    In the book “Shuowen Jiezi” written in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the meaning of the word “朙” was taken from the moon to the 囧. The genus of all 朙 is from 朙. Ming Dynasty, the ancient literature from Japan. Wubing cut. According to the explanation of Shuowen Jiezi Annotation, “…from the moon. Those who follow the moon, the moon takes the light of the sun as the light….” It can also be found that the ancient character “朙” already has the meaning of the moon taking the sun as light. Meaning, even the ancients specially designed such an ancient word.

    To sum up, although we cannot be sure whether the actual writing date of “Zhou Tu Suan Jing” was in the Western Han Dynasty, it does not matter whether it is “Zhou” in the title of the book or Zhou Gongdan (the Zhou Dynasty politician) and Shang Gao mentioned in the article. (Mathematicians of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the study of the Pythagorean theorem was 500 to 600 years earlier than the Pythagorean theorem (also known as the Pythagorean theorem)), the names and dialogues of Rong Fang, Chen Zi, Lu, etc. can almost be It is determined that this is a piece of content that appeared more than a thousand years ago, well before the time of Anaxagoras in Athens, Greece.

    Therefore, if you want to talk about the first specific person who proposed that moonlight comes from the sun and has written records, it can barely be regarded as the Greek “Anaxagoras” in 500 BC; however, there are written records, but it is impossible to determine The earliest publication of a specific author is the Chinese “Zhou Tu Suan Jing” more than a thousand years ago.

  • Mazu or Lianjiang?What is the historical origin of the names of Fujian?

    Mazu or Lianjiang?What is the historical origin of the names of Fujian?

    The question of the territory of the Republic of China today is about "what is the historical origin of the change of name of Mazu in Fujian province called Lianjiang?""In fact, for the people of the island of Taiwan, Mazu's name is more accustomed than Lianjiang, but in fact Lianjiang's name is more orthodox than Mazu."

    With regard to the origin of the name "Mazu", the first volume of the Lianjiang County refers to Song Taizu Jianlong, Xinghua, Fujian Province, Putian County in Shingzhou East snail village fisherman Lin wish six female silent Niang, because of her father fishing died, throw negative father corpse drifting South Pole pond, villagers feel its filial piety foot style, buried temple sacrifice, respect for " Mazu ", and with it as the name of the island, later generations for the taboo is renamed" Mazu. "

    The historical origins of the use of Lianjiang and Mazu names are also documented in Lianjiang County's "politics", including:

    • September 1, 38, the National army stationed, the establishment of Mazu command, the following year set up Mazu District Hall in LongDong, the jurisdiction of the South, North Pole two township.December 15 of the same year, the establishment of Mazu Civil administration, under the jurisdiction of South Pole, North Pole, Baiken, Tung Chung, Western, floating Eagle, four 礵, Daishan and other eight district offices.
    • In July 42, the western, floating Eagle, four 礵, Daishan successively trapped in a total.On August 15 of the same year, Mazu Civil Administration was restructured into directorates, northeast Fujian province, with the first Lianjiang County government in the South Pole, Changle County governments in white dogs.
    • In March 43, the Luoyuan County government was set up in the east.
    • Republic of China, July 1, 44, directorates, northeast Fujian Province re-restructuring of the first Inspector of the Office of Agriculture, still has three counties.
    • On the July 16, 45, Mazu regions implemented field affairs, abolished the office of the first inspector of Fujian province and the county governments of Changle and Luoyuan, and the islands to which they belonged were under the jurisdiction of Lianjiang County government.
    • From 38 to 45, at the height of the civil war in the Communist Party of China, the name and jurisdiction of the magistrate's office were changed many times, and the "Lianjiang County government", which was established because of the implementation of military administration, was an expedient measure at that

    As can be seen from the above, Lianjiang and Mazu are the official names of the local area, only relative to Mazu is only part of the name of some areas, the order of Lianjiang to come to a higher level (just like the rank of the Republic of China than the Taiwan Island, the Penghu Islands and other land names), That's why it's a regional feature that is both Mazu and Lianjiang (like a Taipei man who is also Taiwanese and the people of the Republic of China).

    Because after the defeat of Japan in the middle of the last century, the Communist Party eroded the influence of China's civil War, the original Lianjiang County split in part, located in the sea off the island of South Pole, North Pole Island and so on for the Government of the Republic of China, located in the Chinese mainland of the Lianjiang county body is owned by the governmentTherefore, the same as the "Fujian province" on both sides of the strait, the two places also have their "Lianjiang County", for the only cross-strait partition of the county.

    Only in recent years, with the trend of peace on both sides of the Taiwan Haixia, after the state of military war was lifted, the local people of Mazu also put forward the name unified known as Mazu, will not add to the troubled voice.For example, when the people of Mazu quote "Lianjiang County Zhi", they must indicate "Mazu's Lianjiang County Zhi", otherwise it will become the mainland's "Lianjiang County Zhi".But there are other voices who think that if only because the name conflicts with the mainland, so want to change their name, it is also a very cowardly performance, and the Local and God to rob the rice bowl of the tough customs do not match.

  • The historical origin of Taiwan's unique weight unit "Taiwan Jin"

    The historical origin of Taiwan's unique weight unit "Taiwan Jin"

    Although as early as 7,000 years ago, the soil of Taiwan and mainland China was connected and the ecology was balanced, but according to the historical records of the letter, the cultural contact between Taiwan and China dates back to the Li dynasty in the early more than 1000 years.But after the Ming dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the middle was once occupied by Japan's war as a colony, until the end of the Second World War and then returned to the hands of our Chinese nation.

    Although Japan has only occupied the island of Taiwan for about 50 years, the bloody crackdown from the early days of the Japanese army, the massacre of hundreds of thousands of dissidents and the strengthening of the Japanese imperial Education in the later period have resulted in more or less flooding of Japanese customs in various parts of Taiwan after the restoration of the people.For example, the "Taiwan Jin" commonly used in Taiwan's traditional market and tea industry is an example from the flow of Japanese militarism to this day.

    Taiwan Island in the Japanese era due to the need to transport a large number of crops to Japan, or even as Japan to launch war materiel use, thus imitating the Japanese ruler, the same Taiwan Jin "Taiwan Jin", to facilitate the many uneducated people at that time at the bottom of Taiwan to convert.After the restoration of Taiwan by the Republic of China, it acquiesced in the deep folk Taiwan Jin as a common unit of weight in Taiwan, and Kinmen and Mazu still used the official "Jin" of the Republic of China because they were not colonized by Japan.

    Jin, also known as Sima; two, also known as Sima Two, both are since ancient times since the traditional measures of quality and weight units.Originated in the Chinese Zhou Dynasty, and with the cultural thought passed on to the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula and other places, the actual quality with the local and the Times have a slight change.At present, it is mostly the usual weight units of traditional markets and comptoirs (such as tea lines).

    In ancient China, there was an official position called "Sima", Sima mainly in charge of the military, of which because forage management needs to weigh, so "sima" and weight units on the relationship.Since the beginning of the week, China has had weight units: Jin, two, money, points, so called "Sima", "Sima two" and so on, the measurement of the tool is called "Sima Scale", this standard is also known as "Sima Ping system logo."A Sima equals 16 sima Two, the idiom "dozen" is so coming.