There is an old saying in China that "breaking traditional ideas" is a cultural taboo. People used to think that not believing in this taboo would really lead to disaster. It is recorded in Youyang Miscellaneous Notes in the Tang Dynasty that there was a man named Simomo who "dug a hole in the head of Tai Zi, saw a piece of meat as big as an ox, squirmed it and filled it up, and its meat grew up with the filler. Fear and abandon it. After staying for a long time, I was stuck in court. The maid of the Feng brothers learned the news of his sudden death within a few days, and only one woman stayed. "Guang Yi Ji" also said: Huang Liang is really not afraid of ghosts. Every year, people want to dig the head of Tai Sui. Once I dug up a piece of meat, whipped it hundreds of times and threw it on the road. That night, I saw a god riding a horse to mourn the meat and asked, "Brother Tai Sui, why don't you take revenge for being humiliated by him?" "The answer is: the man is full of blood, and I can't help it." Tai sui "disappeared after dawn.

In China, "Tai Sui" has always been regarded as a mysterious force, a force that can dominate and influence people's destiny in the dark. It's gone. It's everywhere. In fact, "Tai Sui" is actually a celestial body assumed by the ancients. As a concrete creature, "Tai Sui" is real. There are detailed records in Shan Hai Jing, Compendium of Materia Medica and other ancient books, which are called "meat", "according to meat", "local meat", "gathering meat" and "sealing". In China's myth history book Shan Hai Jing, there is a record about "meat": "Gathering meat has eyes but no stomach, quite like Pimal. It is endless and cannibalism is thin. " Guo Pu, a famous scholar in Jin Dynasty, explained "seeing meat" when commenting on Shan Hai Jing: "Gathering meat, like beef liver, has two eyes. The food is endless, as good as ever. "

Yu Shinan, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote a record about "local meat". His historical materials were copied in the Record of Foreign Bodies in Linhai. The article said: "The soil is black, as big as a child, the arm is five inches long, there is a belly in the middle, there is no mouth, and it is three points full, as big as a hairpin, which is worth eating."

In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, classified "meat" as "meat" and called it "the top grade of this classic", and divided it into five categories, among which the description of "meat" is: "meat is like meat. Red people are like coral, white people are like cutting fat, black people are like paint, and yellow people are like Zijin. " At the same time, in the "red" category of Compendium of Materia Medica, several prescriptions mainly containing "red" are listed, which shows that "red" has special curative effect on some difficult diseases, and its * * * characteristics are: "Long-term eating can strengthen the body and prolong life."

2. About traditional folk customs

What is "Tai Sui"?

Tai sui is also called Tai sui Xing Jun, and Tai sui is Jupiter in the sky. Because Jupiter runs once every twelve months, the ancients called Jupiter an old star or too old. Tai sui, also known as Tai sui Xing Jun, or Sui Jun, is both a star and a folk god.

If the average person's age is the same as the annual value, it is called the age of the offender, and the hedge of age is called the age of the rush; Poetry Covenant: I am too old to sit on my head without happiness or fear of disaster. Therefore, no matter what kind, in that year, everything will be very difficult, the career will be more difficult, and the body will be more sick. Therefore, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to Tai Sui Xing Jun to ensure peace.

Each of the sixty jiazi has a one-year-old god rotation, and the one-year-old god who rotated in that year is called the old age. If you want to know that you are too old, you can find your name in 60 jiazi.

What is "committing tai sui"?

Tai sui means that the earthly branches in the year of birth overlap with those in the year of adoption. Actually, committing Tai sui means that a person's zodiac is in conflict with that year's zodiac, or with the sixth zodiac after that year's zodiac, that is, committing Tai sui means that people who commit Tai sui will not have a good year.

Tai sui god has a high position. In order to avoid offending Tai Sui God, in traditional customs, people who commit Tai Sui in those years will choose to worship Tai Sui God during the Spring Festival to pray for peace and success in the new year.

"Punishment": refers to criminal law and criminal injury; Conflict and punishment, also known as Yin Fu.

"Rush": indicates impact and confrontation; Fighting with each other, also known as anti-singing.

"Broken": indicates damage or breakage.

"Harm": there are disagreements and differences.

No matter people who commit crimes, break in, break in or do harm, they are all influenced by the old times, that is, there is an old saying: "When people get old, they will not be blessed." 」