It may be that he is not accustomed to the water and soil here, and the amount of information after coming here is too large, which makes Lin Yi a little confused.

What Wang Qiang said just now made him suddenly have an epiphany.

I remembered that on the day I left from Naypyidaw, I chatted with Bai Lu about astrology in the hotel.

The water potential of the mountains under the world is different.

Holding a set of theories and following the map will inevitably be limited.

Otherwise, Kanyu would not have divided the north and the south.

Huaxia is divided into north and south by the line of the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River.

The mountains and rivers in the north are majestic, and the mountains and rivers in the south are beautiful and handsome.

The doctrine of feng shui dragon veins is a theoretical framework based on the direction of the water potential of the Chinese mountains, and the differences between the north and the south also have their own theories.

Within a country, under the same cultural background, there are still so many differences, not to mention that now we have stepped out of the country and arrived in a foreign country?

Of course, it is not appropriate to take the domestic set of theories and apply them to the top.

Just like Wang Qiang just said, there is only a chance to seek common ground in differences.

The mountains here, the water here, are now put aside and forgotten about their existence.

There is only one thing that does not change no matter where you look at it, and that is the stars.

In the "Heavenly Scroll" in the "Yin and Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique", it is all related to the stars.

As the saying goes, the earth is divided into good and evil, the stars have good and evil, look at the stars from above, and judge the leylines of the earth from below.

No matter how time goes by, no matter how the terrain changes, the stars in the sky will basically not change.

Lin Yi got up and took out the compass, compared it with the stars in the sky, and while looking for the hidden patterns in it, he leaned on the window of the tent and looked in.

Qian Sheng and Bai Lu seemed to have fallen asleep, and Min Tun tossed and turned on his bunk, as if he had something on his mind, and couldn't sleep at all.

For him, the series of events encountered today was too bizarre.

Although he was reminded by his fellow elders before coming, he might encounter some bizarre events that were not his knowledge.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be so bizarre.

For a university graduate who has received an education in modern scientific theories, what he has witnessed is indeed a bit too advanced.

"Hiss~"

Lin Yi lightly typed two secret signals towards Min Tun.

Min Tun turned his head and saw Lin Yi greeting him at the window, and he just happened to be unable to sleep, so he tiptoed up and came outside the tent.

"Brother Lin, you call me?"

"I see you haven't slept for a long time, is there something on your mind? It's hard to accept these things for a while today? ”

Min Tun nodded.

Lin Yi patted him on the shoulder.

"This kind of bizarre thing may be encountered again in the future, be mentally prepared brother, by the way, talk to me about your astronomical calendar in Myanmar, I think I may have found a little direction."

"What? Myanmar's calendar is different from ours? Aren't they all using the Western one now? ”

Wang Qiang asked puzzled.

"It's not the same Brother Qiang, we, like you Huaxia, also have our own set of traditional calendars."

In our traditional calendar, the year is divided into 12 months, with each month having 14 or 15 days on the first and second quarters, based on the phases of the moon. ”

"Come to think of it, Lao Lin said before that tonight's day was not right, the yin qi condensed, causing a corpse change, and your month was originally counted like this."

"Yes, we have 29 days in a single month and 30 days in a double month, so there are 354 days in a year, and every three years there is a leap month.

The "sun, moon, fire, water, wood, metal, and earth" represent each day of the week.

Wednesday is divided into two halves, the first half of the day is the day of the water and the second half of the day is the day of Rahuyao. ”

Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh while recording in his notebook.

"It's similar to the devils and sticks next door, but we've been completely Westernized."

"In addition to that, we Burmese people also have our own zodiac signs."

"Hey, this is the first time I've heard of you, you're just like us, Zodiac?"

Min Tun shook his head.

"That's not it, we have seven days a week, corresponding to eight zodiac signs."

"Seven days? Corresponding to the eight genera? No, this math can't be taught by a physical education teacher, you belong to the correspondence class since kindergarten? ”

Lin Yi and Min Tun were both amused by his words.

"Go and go, don't mess around, let Min Tun finish it once."

Min Tun replied with a smile:

"No, here's how we count:

Monday is a tiger, Tuesday is a lion, Wednesday morning is a two-tusked elephant, and Wednesday afternoon is a tuskless elephant;

Thursday is a rat, Friday is a guinea pig, Saturday is a dragon, and Sunday is a bird.

Therefore, we determine our zodiac signs according to the day of the week in which we are born.

For example, my zodiac sign is the rat. ”

"Oh, that's the case, so if you say so, you Burmese people have a birthday once a week? Wouldn't that be cool? ”

Min Tun smiled.

"Theoretically, this is true, but very few people do it, and in the past, they used to choose a certain zodiac day of the year for their birthdays, and now more young people also celebrate their birthdays according to the Western calendar."

After Lin Yi finished recording here, he thought back to what he had just said, turned his head to look at Min Tun and asked:

"Do these eight zodiac signs, in addition to recording birthdays, have any special meanings?"

Min Tun frowned slightly, thought carefully for a while, and suddenly said:

"The zodiac is in our place, and it is also used to mark the direction.

The eight zodiac signs correspond to the eight directions.

The tiger represents the east, the mouse represents the west, the tusked elephant represents the south, the guinea pig represents the north, the lion represents the southeast, the winged bird represents the northeast, the dragon represents the southwest, and the tuskless elephant represents the northwest. ”

Lin Yi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he finally heard what he was looking for the most.

"Think about it again."

He hurriedly urged.

"What else."

Min Tun stood up and paced around the bonfire a few times, and suddenly faced Lin Yi:

"We all believe in Buddhism, so there are many stupas all over the country, and our stupas here also have eight sides, belonging to eight directions, represented by the eight zodiac signs.

Our ancestors here worshipped the sun, the sun represents Sunday, and the corresponding zodiac sign is the wonderful winged bird.

The position of the sun is in the northeast, so the northeast corner of the stupa here often carves or paints the image of the wonderful winged bird, if the people around the pagoda eventually want to worship the stupa, they must find the side corresponding to their zodiac to worship and chant.

The eight sides of the stupa also have shrines.

For example, if I want to go to the pagoda, I have to chant to the west side of the pagoda, and listen to the old man, only then will it be effective. ”

"Great! What you just said has helped me a lot, so come and see. ”

Lin Yi held his notebook in his hand and showed it to Wang Qiang and Min Tun by the light of the bonfire.

"I used to divide this place into twelve equal divisions according to the traditional Chinese theory. So, these two directions, the one that was excavated before, and the shaft here, were marked by me at five o'clock and eleven o'clock. That is, the orientation of the sub-time and the sub-time.

If it were as Min Tun had just said, it wouldn't be a circle, but an octagon. ”

As he spoke, he drew an octagonal shape in the circular outline with his pen.

Wang Qiang immediately pointed to the pattern on the notebook:

"Isn't this just our gossip?"

(End of chapter)