Exposing the "Year of the Widow" lie and others 2005-8-16 Number of reads: 22 times
In recent years, superstitious activities have been very rampant and are likely to come back. If allowed to develop , will seriously affect the smooth progress of the construction of the four modernizations, seriously hinder the development of spiritual civilization and the construction of a harmonious society, and must arouse our high vigilance.
Let’s start with the “Year of the Widow”
From the end of 2004 to the beginning of 2005, a frenzy of surprise marriages swept across the country. In many large and medium-sized cities, there were queues to register marriages. phenomenon, especially in cities in the south of the Yangtze River, such as our city of Suzhou. According to a report by Yang Jining, a reporter from the "Gusu Evening News", at the Marriage Registration Office in Jinchan District alone, around New Year's Day in 2005, there were dozens of couples coming to register for marriage every day. Several times the usual amount. Why do so many young men and women squeeze in getting married during this period? The reason turned out to be a very absurd rumor, saying that "there is no beginning of spring in the Year of the Rooster and it is the 'Year of the Widow', so it is not suitable to get married." It turns out that the Spring Festival in 2005 was in February. 9, but the Beginning of Spring falls on February 4 before the Spring Festival. In this way, there is no Beginning of Spring in the Year of the Rooster, commonly known as the "Year of the Widow", and some people call it the "Year of the Widow".
The author has lived in this world for 65 years, but this is the first time I heard the term "widow years" and I was very surprised. The author has not studied history. Perhaps this statement has been made in the past, but because it is very superstitious and absurd, with the improvement of social civilization and the popularization of public scientific and cultural knowledge, it gradually disappeared. However, this time it is again The sediment appears; it is more likely that the so-called "Feng Shui Masters", "divination masters" and "astrologists" saw "no spring (beginning of spring) this year" and took advantage of the opportunity to spread rumors and create an atmosphere for superstitious activities. Make a public statement in order to fish in troubled waters.
A direct consequence of the "Year of the Widow" lie is to create chaos. Since everyone wants to catch the last train to get married in the Year of the Monkey, you can imagine how crowded and tense it is. To register and get a certificate, to book a wedding banquet, to notify relatives and friends, to decorate the wedding room, to purchase a dowry, to take wedding photos..., all of a sudden, hotels, restaurants, wedding photo studios, makeup and beauty salons, all businesses involved in the wedding service industry are in a hurry , which will inevitably cause some contradictions. Some newlyweds who registered their marriages had frictions and quarrels because of the troubles caused by unexpected marriages. There was even a couple who had just received their marriage certificates and started complaining about each other as soon as they left the marriage registration office. This is all caused by rumors about the "Year of the Widow". The hasty marriage triggered by the "Year of the Widow" rumor may also bring hidden dangers of marital instability. According to a survey by the Civil Court of Houma County, Shanxi Province, the court accepted 44 divorce cases in 1995, accounting for more than half of the civil dispute cases. Half of these divorce cases were illegal marriages. The reasons for these illegal marriages are: In the past two years, rumors of the "Year of the Widow" have been circulating in the local area. As a result, many people despise the law and rush to get married early. Those who are not of legal age get married secretly, and some use trust relationships or use backdoor fraud to obtain marriage certificates. Unexpectedly, they escaped the "Year of the Widow". After a year, some went to court to initiate a divorce. As a result, they became a man and a woman alone again, and tasted the bitter consequences.
Speaking of this kind of thing, there are also situations where people are crowded to give birth to "monkey babies". The lunar year of 2004 is the Year of the Monkey, and the lunar year of 2003 is the Year of the Sheep. There is a popular saying in society that the Year of the Sheep is unlucky, and people born in the year of the Sheep will have bad luck. Therefore, the number of children born in the Year of the Sheep has dropped sharply, and they are all crowded out to the Year of the Monkey. The birth of monkey babies in the year of the monkey means that there are many more babies born in the year of the monkey than in previous years. This not only makes the delivery room in the year of the monkey extremely crowded, but also brings "crowding" to the "monkey babies" in the future when they enter day care, study and even find employment, causing artificial contradiction. I also heard a story that made people laugh: There was an older young man who returned from studying in Japan. Due to various reasons such as completing his studies, his marriage was delayed. His mother was very anxious about this and asked relatives and friends to introduce a partner to her son.
Finally, someone helped me find a female engineer with good looks and a suitable age. I quickly contacted her to meet her for the first time. However, after further inquiry, I was told that the woman was born in the year of Sheep and the man was born in the year of Tiger. They were in conflict with each other in fate and were not suitable for marriage. , a marriage that may seem good to others fell through before we met because of the zodiac sign. What a pity! We can only lament: there is no fate, that's it. But Li, a farmer from Zhonghe Township, Dazhu County, Sichuan Province, listened to the fortune teller's nonsense that the zodiac signs were incompatible, and actually killed his own son. His behavior was not deplorable, but outrageous.
One day, Li saw a fortune teller telling other people's fortunes. His words were so miraculous that he was moved and went to ask the fortune teller to tell his fortune. The fortune teller pretended to have seen Li's face, and said in surprise: "You are a noble man, and you have the good fortune to be a high official. It's just that the opportunities are not good now, and you will be prosperous soon." Then he asked again. Li frowned and said, "Your horoscope is not good. You are a rabbit and your son is a tiger. The tiger wants to eat the rabbit. The zodiac animals are in conflict with each other. Either you will die or he will die. Soon your family will have a baby." Human life." After hearing this, Li was overjoyed and convinced. He suddenly had evil thoughts about his 11-year-old son and was determined to kill this "tiger" who was blocking the road. After that, he deliberately abused his son and beat him to death. Finally, on a snowy night, he beat his son seriously and dragged him out, leaving him to freeze to death. As a result, he not only failed to become an official , but became a prisoner.
Nowadays, such superstitious statements abound, and many superstitious activities are likely to make a comeback under the guise of "culture" and "science." Such things as "Feng Shui", "Astrology", "Fate Prediction", "Computer Fortune Telling", and "Destiny Predicting Websites" are all very popular, and some even use the banner of "consulting companies" to openly appear in society. He went public to deceive, and actually attracted many trustworthy men and good women, and his business prospered. According to a report in the "Gusu Evening News", at the end of 2004, the newspaper published an article titled "Architectural Feng Shui is gradually gaining popularity in Suzhou." The original intention of the newspaper was to hope that everyone could view the revival of "Feng Shui" in a scientific manner, but there was no I expected that after the article was published, several calls came to the newspaper office every day, asking for the contact number of the so-called "consulting company." One reader even said bluntly on the phone: "My mother is ill in bed, and she suspects that the feng shui of the house is not good. Could you please give me the phone number of the consulting company?" You see, when my mother was sick, she didn't go to the hospital to see a doctor first. Instead, she tried every possible means to find out how obsessed Feng Shui masters were with Feng Shui.
Nowadays, more and more people pay attention to Feng Shui. According to a Feng Shui master, 5 out of 10 people who buy villas in Suzhou will ask a Feng Shui master to take a look. The richer they are, the more Feng Shui they pay. According to a public relations person from a real estate company, it is an open secret that when developing a property, you must first ask a Feng Shui master to do a Feng Shui inspection. Many home buyers also bring their own Feng Shui masters to inspect the property.
In addition to Feng Shui, there is also naming, and you should also ask a master of Zhouyi predictions from the "Consulting Company". A reporter wanted to understand the situation of this consulting company. Based on the phone number provided by the insider, I called the person on the pretext of naming the child. A "master" explained to the reporter that there is a lot of emphasis on naming people, and that the rise and fall of yin and yang should be analyzed based on the person's birth date and horoscope. Only by choosing a suitable name, this name will determine the fate of this person's life, how mysterious. The "master" also said that the name was based on the theory of "Zhouyi", which implied that he had great knowledge. When the reporter asked how much the name would be charged, the master said: "The starting price for naming a child is 200 yuan." He then asked: "Can it be cheaper?" He replied: "I am very busy with my business now. You can call me in two days." "Let's go." The "Master" hung up the phone after saying this, he was so arrogant.
Another thing is that nowadays it is very popular to burn incense and worship Buddha. Incense is flourishing in temples all over the country. Especially in some poor areas, there is no money to build schools, but there is money to build temples. What is even more unimaginable is that among the crowds of people burning incense and worshiping Buddha, there are also party members and cadres, and even corrupt officials who use public funds to make wishes to God.
As the Spring Festival of 2005 was approaching, news broke out that the right to offer incense for the Spring Festival at Tanzhe Temple, a famous temple in the suburbs of Beijing, was actually auctioned off as a hot commodity. Bidders flocked to the auction, and the last one was a mysterious man. It was auctioned off at a high price of 66,000. At the same time, Jietai Temple also bought the right to enter the incense stick and the right to hit the Buddhist bell to the company at prices of 42,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan respectively. For a time, many temples were eager to try and follow suit, which aroused controversy in public opinion.
When this superstitious trend prevails, children are even more worrying. A girl surnamed Wang from a key middle school in Suzhou has always had excellent grades, but on the eve of her latest exam, she applied to defer the exam. The reason was very weird, saying that the exam date was her "unlucky day" "You must have failed in the exam and cannot explain to your parents. Of course the teacher would not agree with this reason.
Afterwards, the girl actually said to the reporter who interviewed her: "Don't believe it, I was very unlucky that day, let alone the exam, because that day was the unluckiest day for Geminis, otherwise I would not have asked for a postponement of the exam. "She also told reporters that her lucky number is 5. She looks at her watch before taking the exam. If the time happens to point to "5", she will do well in the exam; if it doesn't say "5", she will turn away and wait for a while. Look at the watch again, and you can only start writing when you see "5". "In that unlucky exam, I looked around but couldn't wait for the '5'. Half an hour passed and I didn't see the '5', so I knew it was over." Xiao Wang looked frustrated. Can you imagine that a 14-year-old girl in her prime would be so superstitious? Where did her superstitious ideas come from? It turns out that a small shop opposite the school is filled with books about zodiac signs in the form of cartoons. This kind of book is aimed at It is a very popular book for teenagers. Xiao Wang just likes the poison in this kind of book.
Coincidentally, according to an article in a newspaper in Wuxi City on January 18, 2005: Ms. Yu recently discovered that her daughter, who was in the second grade of junior high school, was very relaxed in her studies. As the final exam was approaching, she stopped reading and instead He said confidently: He must be among the top 3 in the class. What is intriguing is that the prediction of my daughter's so-called good grades was actually divined from a website called "Campus Feng Shui". According to the investigation, this "campus feng shui" website has a lot of content, and the divination category is very detailed. If you want to predict the "final exam results", it can give "instructions" on the time to wake up on the exam day, the position of the alarm clock, the use of colors, the choice of pens, etc., showing under what circumstances the results will be good and under what circumstances the results will be good. Waiting for a series of ridiculous divination results.
According to the website, there are more than 16,000 registered people. What’s even more surprising is the number of such divination websites. Someone enters the word "divination" on the "GOOGLE search website", and within one second, thousands of such websites are found, such as "Ma Yi Shen Xiang", "Bazi Bazi", "Twelve Constellations Explanation", "Palm reading"...it's really all-inclusive, and some websites also provide downloads of various fortune-telling software. Nowadays, things like "online fortune-telling" and "computer fortune-telling" are very fashionable. They appear in the form of high technology and are very attractive. Especially teenagers, who have been exposed to this kind of superstitious information for a long time will gradually accept it and become convinced of it. , extremely harmful.
In 2004, the School of Sociology of Soochow University conducted a comprehensive survey on "scientific literacy" among representative urban primary, secondary and university students in China. One of the survey data on "Is fortune telling scientific?" showed that 46.7% of students believe fortune telling is scientific. Another survey report targeting middle and high school students in Beijing showed that 40 out of 100 middle school students believe in "high-tech superstitions" such as Internet horoscopes. Facing this shocking result, how will each of us feel?
Are some superstitious statements also justified?
Superstition has been around since ancient times and has been passed down to this day. In the earliest times, superstition was the product of human beings being ignorant and unable to provide reasonable explanations for various natural and social phenomena. Therefore, ignorance is fertile soil and a breeding ground for superstition. Now, the first reason why some of us are beguiled by superstition and deceived is the lack of knowledge, especially the lack of scientific and technological knowledge.
Take the "Year of the Widow" rumor as an example. There is no beginning of spring in the Year of the Rooster in 2005. This is normal and is caused by the difference between the lunar calendar (also known as the lunar calendar) and the solar calendar (also known as the Gregorian calendar). of. Anyone who knows the calendar knows that "spring rain shocks the spring and clears the valley; summer is full of awns and summer heat is connected; autumn is dew, autumn is cold and frost falls; winter is snowy and winter is cold." These 24 solar terms are a combination of astronomy, A unique calendar that integrates climate seasons and agricultural production activities. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors had measured the length of the sun's shadow, thereby determining the times of the spring equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox and winter solstice. After continuous evolution and supplementation, by the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (104 BC The calendar reform was completed in 2000, and the Taichu calendar was formulated, which is still in use today. At that time, there were already 24 solar terms that were exactly the same as in modern times. However, we now determine the time of the 24 solar terms based on the solar calendar, which is divided according to the position of the earth in its orbit around the sun. The earth revolves around the sun for 360 degrees, which lasts for 365 days. The vernal equinox is 0 degrees. From then on, every 15 degrees is a solar term, that is, every 15.2 days is a solar term. Therefore, according to the solar calendar, there are two solar terms in each month, and their dates are basically fixed. For example, the beginning of spring was February 4 in 2004, February 4 in 2005, and February 4 in 2006. But the lunar calendar is different, because the lunar calendar is determined according to the waxing and waning of the moon
The period of its waxing and waning, that is, the time it takes for the moon to orbit the earth once is 1 month, while the moon's orbit around the earth is only 29.5 Days, so the small month of the lunar calendar lasts 29 days and the big month lasts 30 days. One year and 12 months is ten days less than the solar calendar. In two years, it is nearly one month less. Therefore, the lunar calendar has 12 days less than the solar calendar every two or three years. Only by adding a leap month (there was a leap month in Jiashen in 2004 in the lunar calendar) can we comply with the 365-day cycle of the earth revolving around the sun. In this way, the dates of the lunar solar terms are not fixed. Similarly, the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month) is not fixed either. Corresponding to the solar calendar, the first day of the first lunar month can be as early as January 21 (the Spring Festival of 2004 in Jiashen in the lunar calendar is January 21st). 22), the latest can be February 20 (the Spring Festival in 1996 in Bingzi of the lunar calendar is February 19), a difference of 30 days, of course, half of the years will have the first day of the first lunar month on the beginning of spring (February 4) Later, according to the author's statistics in the latest 19-year cycle from 1987 to 2005, the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month) occurred after the Beginning of Spring as many as 11 times. It is very common and not surprising. What does this have to do with the "Year of the Widow"? What does it have to do with it? More than tens of thousands of people got married in these 11 "springless" years. Isn't it normal now? I haven't heard of all of them becoming widows. The idea of ??"widow years" is pure nonsense. Here is another issue worth considering: After all, the lunar calendar was formulated more than 2,000 years ago. It is understandable that it is unreasonable and imperfect. Therefore, astronomical calendar experts are brewing "calendar reform."
Of course, there are very few people who truly believe in the "Year of the Widow" statement. However, there are quite a lot of people who are half-believers who are half-believers as they say, "I would rather believe that something exists than something that doesn't exist." They believe that marriage is a major event in life and must be auspicious. Terms such as the "Year of the Widow" are annoying and make people murmur in their hearts. It will cast a shadow on the marriage, so it is better to avoid it. In fact, this is a trick used by superstition to win: psychological warfare, making you fall into its trap while doubting, hesitating, and muttering. A thorough materialist is fearless, must have firm beliefs, completely break with superstition, and be free from any interference or influence. Furthermore, in life, unsatisfactory things and unsatisfactory statements abound, so don’t worry about it. As the saying goes: "If you listen to the cries of crickets, can you stop farming?" There is also a famous saying: "Go your own way and let others say it!" We must face those superstitious statements with a healthy attitude to be more effective. Use a positive attitude to resolve those deceptive lies. 2005 is a very good year. It is the year of completion of the 10th Five-Year Plan and the key year to achieve a comprehensive moderate prosperity. For us in Jiangsu and Suzhou, this is the year that we take the lead in achieving a high-level and comprehensively well-off society. We will definitely have good news, happy events, and good things.
If you originally planned to get married, then why are you hesitating? Let the "Year of the Widow" go to hell!
As for the twelve zodiac signs, also known as the twelve zodiac signs, their origins are related to ancient people's worship of animals. related. Later, it was used by ancient magicians to match 12 kinds of animals to the twelve earthly branches. Zi is rat, Chou is ox, Yin is tiger, Mao is rabbit, Chen is dragon, Si is snake, Wu is horse, and Wei is Sheep, Shen is the monkey, You is the chicken, Xu is the dog, and Hai is the pig. The so-called numerologists refer specifically to experts who engage in various superstitious activities such as astrology, divination, Liuren, Qimen Dunjia, fortune-telling, character repelling, starting classes, and consulting. They paint the zodiac with a strong superstitious color. Mathematicians believe that the zodiac sign refers to the animal in the year a person is born. For example, a rat born in the year of birth may be suspicious and active, timid and alert, similar to the character of a rat. This is completely far-fetched. Attached nonsense. In fact, the earthly branches are also called twelve branches. Ancient people combined them with the stems and branches into Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin... etc. There are 60 groups, commonly known as "Sixty Jiazi", which are used to express the year, month, day and time. Order, this has nothing to do with people's character and destiny. How can we believe the nonsense that the zodiac signs determine destiny and the zodiac signs conflict with each other?
There is also Feng Shui, which is logically speaking. There is no reason. It is understandable to make necessary choices about terrain, water veins, and environment when building houses and tombs, but it is completely absurd to attribute people's fate to Feng Shui. Comrade Mao Zedong once made a strong refutation of the superstition of Feng Shui in his article "Report on the Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan": "Believe in the eight characters and hope for good luck, and believe in Feng Shui and hope for good luck in the tombs and mountains. In the past few months, local tyrants, evil gentry and corrupt officials have all appeared together." Downfall. Could it be that in the past few months, the local tyrants, evil gentry, corrupt officials, and everyone had good luck and everyone was out of breath? Suddenly, in the past few months, everyone has been in bad luck, and all the graves have lost their energy?" In fact, no matter it is Fortune telling, divination, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, etc. They often rely on their so-called professional knowledge that pretends to be mysterious, a set of industry techniques of tricking, deceiving, coaxing, and deceiving, as well as their sharp tongue, ambiguous and self-justifying answers, and a bit of psychology. Reasonable ingredients often make people feel that they seem reasonable, and sometimes they can even achieve more accurate and strange effects. In fact, there is nothing surprising about this, because many of the answers to fortune telling are the result of choosing one or the other, which itself has a 50% chance.
By using tricks such as enchantment formations and psychological warfare to suit one's liking, the chance of guessing will be further increased. When the author was in high school in the early 1950s, in order to reveal the truth about the deception of fortune-telling, he used the fortune-teller's tricks to show the villagers in his hometown the tricks of the fortune-teller. I was very surprised. In fact, there is no profound knowledge here. To put it bluntly, it is very simple. It is a superstitious way to deceive people. The most important thing is to take advantage of the kindness of ordinary people. For example, what a fortune teller says accurately will be passed on from ten to ten, and it will be said so miraculously that many people believe it to be true. If the fortune teller says something wrong, ordinary people will not take it seriously. In addition, the fortune teller is very good at making amends, so Just let it go. In fact, there are countless examples of fortune-telling experts who fail to make their own predictions, and people become numb. A few years before the advent of 1999, the big prediction that "1999 is the end of the world" was a hot topic for a while, and it really made some believers seek death and survival. What will be the result? At the end of 1997, Taiwan's famous astrology Chen Jingyi, a writer and host of a TV and radio astrology program, was killed by her married boyfriend in her home due to emotional entanglements. The fortune teller could not predict his own murder. This caused an uproar among superstitious believers and soon spread throughout the world. The laughing stock. A simpler and clearer example is: a person walked away after listening to the fortune teller. The fortune teller was so anxious that he shouted: "Hey, why don't you leave without paying me?" The man said, "Aren't you awesome? Why didn't you figure out that I don't want to give you money? I don't have a penny on me!" The people around laughed.