Is the five poison moon really poisonous? Is there a scientific basis for the five poison month?

There is a folk saying that the five poisons month and the nine poisons day. In the Han Dynasty, people already called the lunar may the evil month, and may 5 the evil day. Therefore, there is a custom of not giving birth to May. But now many people doubt the five poison month. Is there a scientific basis for the five poison month? Let's have a look.

Wang Chong, the author of Lun Heng, once described that he would raise the May son of the first month and kill his father and mother with the May son of the first month. Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, was born on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, so he was fostered outside the palace since childhood. It can be seen that it is a common phenomenon in ancient times to regard May 5 as an evil day. Since the pre Qin Dynasty, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month has been regarded as an unlucky day!

Of course, there are exceptions. In fact, it is recorded in the biography of King mengchang that the famous King mengchang in history was born on May 5, and his inscription Tian Wen is the son of king Qi Wei of the state of Qi!

Jingguo juntianying's son. When Meng Changjun was born on May 5, Tian Ying told his mother not to feed him, but Meng Changjun's mother secretly fed him. When he grew up, Meng Changjun's mother introduced him to Tian Ying through Meng Changjun's brothers. Later, Meng Changjun became a good story with his intelligence and love for talents.

In addition, Wang Zhen, the great general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was also born on the fifth day of May. According to custom, the fifth day of May is an unlucky day. His family wants to give it to other people's families to feed them so as not to be harmful to their own family. After seeing Wang Zhen with his grandfather Wang Meng, er, they felt very surprised and said that this is not an ordinary child. In the past, Meng Chang was the Prime Minister of the state of Qi, The child will also make the family prosperous!

So it named it Zhen. Er, later, Wang Zhen really became a big general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Therefore, the children born in May of the lunar calendar are not like the saying in ancient times that they must be able to kill their mother. There are also political generals such as mengchangjun Wang Zhen.

As we have said before, may is called the month of five poisons because it is midsummer when Yang is at its peak and turbidity is rising, so the virus plague also begins to spread. For the ancients with extremely poor medical conditions, it is a time when they are extremely vulnerable to infection and death. Children born at this time often catch diseases and die, The ancients could not avoid the custom of giving birth to children in May, but for now, the continuous progress and improvement of medical equipment has greatly reduced the possibility of dying from disease!