Glossary

Folk culture has many specialized terms. Here, each one is first explained in plain language, followed by the classical Chinese text and its source.

Total: 370 entries

Bazi (Four Pillars) 21

San He Six Harmonies Ten Gods Day Master (Rì Zhǔ) Nà Yīn (Sound-Element) Void (Xún Kōng) Major Luck Cycles Bijie Resource Star (Yìn Xīng) Shi-shang Wealth Star Guān Shā (Officials & Killers)

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Calendar & Solar Terms 53

Jieqi (Solar Terms) True Solar Time Jian Day Chu Day Full Day Pingri Ding Holding Day Destruction Day (Pò Rì) Wei Day Cheng Day Day of Reaping

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Five Elements and Gan-Zhi 38

Ganzhi Heavenly Stems Earthly Branches Five Elements (Wǔ Xíng) Generating Mutual Conquest (Xiāng Kè) Hidden Stems Yin-Yang Sea-Metal Furnace Fire Dalimu (Big Forest Wood) Roadside Earth

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Divination and Metaphysics 122

Yijing (I Ching) Bagua (Eight Trigrams) Yao Sixty-Four Hexagrams Taiji Qinglong (Azure Dragon) Ming Tang Golden Cabinet (Jīn Kuì) Tiande Yù Táng (Jade Hall) Siming Heavenly Punishment

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Folk Customs and Etiquette 136

Sacrificial Rites Praying for blessings Praying for Offspring (Qiú Sì) Kaiguang (Consecration) Sù Huì (Sculpting and Painting) Zhai Jiao Repaying a Vow to the Gods (Chóu Shén) fēn xiāng (burning incense) Stove God Worship temple construction Carving Pudu

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