XiShen is what fortune-tellers call an auspicious god. People always want to avoid misfortune and pursue happiness, so they should
XiShen is what fortune-tellers call an auspicious god. People always want to avoid misfortune and pursue happiness, so they should create a western god. Marriage is a great pleasure in life, so it is also called a happy event. Of course, the wedding is inseparable from XiShen. According to the old custom, the bride must sit in the right direction of the west, but where this position is, she must consult the fortune teller.
XiShen is a term used in the traditional five elements theory of Han nationality, which appears in the horoscope system and Taoist magic system. The term of horoscope is "loving God", that is, the combination of "XiShen" and "using God". Eight characters, that is, the year, month, day and time of a person's birth are made into four columns, each with a stem and a branch, a total of eight characters. The eight characters are arranged in different ways and contain different information of yin and yang and five elements, forming various fates of the eight characters. There are "deficiency" and "excess" in the fate, which are called "diseases", and "using God" is a "medicine" for different "diseases". "XiShen" is the five elements of Yin and Yang, which can help "use God".
In Daoism, it is beneficial to find out the location of the Western God according to the different weather conditions every day, and go out for a long trip according to this location. Of course, this is a family statement, so we should look at it objectively.
Orientation of XiShen: A, auspicious days are in the Yin and Mao positions, B, Geng days are in the Chen and Xu positions, C, Xin days are in the Shen and You positions, D, Ren days are in the noon and Fei positions, and E and Gui are in the Si and Hai positions.
For example, on Sunday, the Western God is at noon. Of course, there are some differences between different versions of the formula.
The origin of western gods
Xishen in the East and Suzhou in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties both refer to Ge Cheng (Ge Xian). Ge Cheng loves to laugh and often helps the poor. He often holds a banana fan and is alive and well. He loves to fight against injustice, is charitable, and can hold his head high. He is a vice city god. Whoever has difficulties, ask him to solve it. People call him the exorcism general. He can read the Book of Changes and calculate divinations. He once made a lot of noise, shocked the emperor and won the evil on earth. It is said that at that time, many Suzhou painters visited Ge Cheng and painted his portrait. After people ask for it, they hang it at home, hoping to be happy and praying for peace at home. This once made the painter's business prosperous. A retired prime minister, Zhu Guozhen (1558- 1632), once wrote an inscription: "Wu Zhongyi's military heart was like a cloud, and he was famous all his life." Changhong hangs the autumn moon in the East China Sea, and Danqing worships General Ge. "
According to legend, once upon a time there was a big Huizhou merchant named Cheng, and he also gave him a handful of Aji. Ge Cheng insisted on not living with her. 10 days later, she inquired about her home address and sent it home to prepare makeup to help her marry the right person. Ai Ji didn't understand the reason, but fortunately, in the temple next door, an aunt comforted him and said: Ge Cheng is not a man, but a god! When Aji got married, Ge Cheng sent two lanterns, which added joy. After a while, Aji raised a pair of twins. Since then, every Spring Festival or Lantern Festival, Ajie always comes to visit the Western God with a pair of happy daughters.
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Suzhou folk held a happy event, and many people went to Shantang Street to buy lanterns and worship Ge Xian. People worship when they are alive, and then they worship their graves.