Chapter Twenty-Three: Star Enlightenment

"Seriously, it's been a long time since I've been here to go to school! And now, happiness comes too suddenly, and I can't stand it, hehe! Xiao Tao replied with emotion while listening to the introduction of popular science astronomy in the book.

"Do you know why people in ancient times, whether they were Chinese or from other countries, regarded observing the starry sky as a big thing?" Shu Kang asked suddenly.

"Of course, the ancient people have nothing to do at night! There is no electricity, and there are no lights, so at night, what else can I do but look at the stars? Eva replied, "What's more, glass hadn't been invented at that time, and there was no way to enjoy the stars through the window while baking a fire, and if you want to observe the starry sky for a long time, you have to be a professional who can stay outdoors for many years and can withstand all kinds of weather." ”

"That's right! It is precisely because of ignorance and curiosity that ancient people naturally felt that at night, these stars would emerge and rotate according to certain laws; There are also groups of stars, which are all very fixed and standard shapes, and they always remain the same; Not to mention those shooting stars, every time a meteor is streaked across the sky, it is imagined that a person on the earth is dead; If a very bright star falls, it may indicate that something big is about to happen in this world; When many meteors pass by, it becomes the best time to make a wish. The stars in the sky are innumerable, and the people on the earth are innumerable, and even these two are innumerable, so people take it for granted that every star in the sky represents every person on the earth, and when people live, the stars are bright; When a person dies, a meteor crosses and falls to the ground. In addition, the starry sky is different, and there are major events in the world, which seems to be a sign of 'the unity of heaven and man', so in the history books, there are always records of strange celestial phenomena in disaster years, just like in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, there will always be a record of 'Ding Wei, there are stars in the Pleiades'; 'Ding Wei, there are stars in the barracks' and the like, representing the general is about to die; Don't listen to things for five days', the sun represents the emperor, and when he sees the phenomenon of a solar eclipse, even Liu Xiu, the emperor of Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, thinks that he is wrong, and God punishes him, takes five days off, does nothing, and prays for reflection. Therefore, at that time, the person who could look at the stars was the most powerful intellectual in the dynasty, and the emperor relied on to make decisions on major national affairs and the 'prophet', and could almost influence the direction of a lot of history, so 'astrology' was the ability of the most powerful people of that era, who could look at the stars and brag, and even the emperor was played by you! "The quotation of scriptures and classics has always been easy and effortless.

"The solar eclipse can be understood, what is 'the barracks'?" Eva learns ancient Chinese, so as soon as she hears the words of her professional counterpart, she quickly seizes the opportunity to ask.

"Have you ever heard of China's '28 Nakshatras'?" Shu Kang asked, "Or, have you watched "Journey to the West"?" In one episode, Sun Wukong drilled into the purple gold cymbals, and turned into an electric drill with a millimeter of hair that couldn't drill through for half a day, and then a bunch of immortals came down from the sky, lined up in a row, and pulled out the fairy who was inserted into the crack of the cymbal in the innermost corner, and by the way, the great sage who shrunk into the horn was rescued together, and that row of immortals was 28 constellations; And this 'ang' and 'barracks' are two of them, in the west, this chamber star is 'Pegasus', as soon as the ancients saw this star appear, it means that they are going to repair the house and prepare for the winter. And the word is a bright and strong comet, that is, that year, there was a very bright comet that passed through the constellation Pegasus twice. ”

"I see! Then can you help us find out which group is on our roof now? Eva was excited to learn to recognize the sign.

Shu Kang held the micro remote control in his hand, pressed the button of the "rotation" function, and froze the rotating starry sky map, and then began to look for β€”β€”β€” this is really a good time to practice observation and concentration, she was looking for memory, the last time she really went to the field to observe the location of the starry sky, and the other two, just in the "dog looking at the stars" two faces blind β€”β€”β€” less than a minute, Shu Kang found it, she happily pointed to the ceiling near the ceiling lamp, and said: "That's it, see?" These brighter stars form a relatively long quadrangular shape, which is the box of 'Pegasus' and 'Andromeda'. Don't underestimate this constellation, compared to the Big Dipper, it is also a guiding star, because in autumn, the polar stars in the northern hemisphere are sometimes difficult to find, and the south is not visible at all, at this time, 'Pegasus' is dedicated to guiding the way. ”

"Well, there is also this thing in ancient Greek legends, the myth says that the son of the god Zeus and Medusaβ€”β€”β€” is the beautiful woman who is full of snakes, who can turn anyone into stone at a glanceβ€”β€”β€” the two of them fought, and then Porsius cut off Medusa's head, and a white horse jumped out of her body, which is the winged Pegasus Bokasos, and then Poseus rode Pegasus out of danger, and this Pegasus went to the sky and became Pegasus, full-time to guide the world the way." Eva also knew a lot about ancient Greek mythology, and it was at this time that she complemented the western chapter of this horoscope story.

"You two speak so well! In the future, if I have the chance, I must go to the real wilderness, the kind of wide place that is not disturbed by artificial light, and enjoy the stars you are talking about. Xiao Tao praised softly.

"Good! Then we'll go together, and I can teach you how to recognize the stars. Shu Kang lowered his right hand pointing at the stars, grabbed Xiao Tao's wrist, and patted it up and down twice.

Suddenly being clenched wrist, the distance between the two layers of hair that Xiao Tao had just deliberately left was easily zeroed and overlapped by Shu Kang, and he felt a hot feeling, extending from his wrist to his upper arm, and quickly warming his whole body.

"To be honest, that 'Medusa' is all snake-headed hair styles, beautiful is beautiful, but it's too exciting to the eyeballs, if you have such dozens of beautiful little green snakes on your head, do you dare?" Shu Kang suddenly had a desire to create comics, and she began to imagine Xiao Tao in front of her, if she made a "Medusa" shape at this time, which kind of little snake should she choose to look the best? According to the fact that she has played outdoors and studied, as well as the most beautiful little snake she has ever seen, she thinks that all of them are too plain to use "bamboo leaf green", and if it is replaced by "Blizzard Corn Snake" with a white body, it will be very fairy; The red, black and yellow "devil snake" and "blue long-glandular coral snake" are also very good-looking, but they are poisonous; The green mamba is beautiful; The fragrant snake is good as earrings, it is also red, it looks good and smells good, as for those beautiful color pythons, they are too big, wrap one or two, and when they are worn as dresses, the effect should be good......

Shu Kang was very happy just thinking about it, but he didn't dare to say it, he was afraid that Xiao Tao would be frightened by the styling props he said, but he just thought it was funny, so he turned his face, stared at Xiao Tao's face and smiled, teasing her.