Chapter 204 From Cowherd and Weaver Girl to Calendar
It's late at night, and it's a bit cold outside. The people in the Qingque tribe who usually went to bed long ago are so energetic tonight that they don't want to go to sleep.
Including the older Huo Yihuo Er and Wu, as well as the younger children who are already somewhat sensible.
The serious lack of spiritual life in their daily lives made them extremely obsessed with the stories told by the Son of God.
Even Qingque's original wisest man, Wu, was fascinated by what he heard.
At the same time, I was extremely surprised, thinking about how the Son of God knew these things.
After thinking for a while, of course, there was no result. I could only attribute it to the omnipotent God.
Han Cheng himself didn't feel sleepy. In this world without mobile phones, computers, novels, etc., he had plenty of time to sleep every day.
Tietou Heiwa and others can also do some exercises in the evening to vent their excessive energy and find some fun, but as a single guy... he is really pitiful and heartbreaking...
Seeing that all these people were very interested, Han Cheng thought for a while and then narrated the original version of "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" from beginning to end.
Although it was the second time to listen to it, everyone still listened with gusto.
"Son of God, what is year?"
It was Shitou who still asked the question. He always liked to think, and he was the next successor of Wu. He usually had more contact with Han Cheng than usual. Because of his identity and deer milk, he had no interest in Han Cheng compared to others.
Such a huge sense of distance. (I can’t think of the right words to describe this relatively complicated feeling, I’m helpless)
Han Cheng smiled slightly. He deliberately met once a year this time, and the time of the meeting was July 7th every year. He emphasized the tone here, and after staying for a while, Shitou finally started to ask.
He had also considered things like the calendar before, but he had never found a suitable opportunity, and he had other things to be busy with, so he put it aside for the time being.
Tonight I accidentally told the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. There are these things in it. With mutual confirmation, it will be easier for them to understand these concepts that they have never been exposed to.
So after thinking for a while, Han Cheng decided to use this as a breakthrough and guide him to instill the concepts of time, month, day, and the corresponding calendar into the people of the Qingque tribe.
Not having a specific concept of time is really uncomfortable.
It's better now, and you can live without a calendar, but with the gradual development and growth of agriculture, a relatively accurate calendar becomes particularly important.
Agricultural planting is a big thing, so you can't just guess when to sow, right?
Han Chengdao: "From the melting of the ice and snow to the blooming of flowers, to the shading of the trees and the blazing sun, to the withering of the leaves and the falling of snowflakes, to the melting of the ice and snow, this long period of time is called a year."
After everyone heard Han Cheng's words, they began to think.
The first one to show a look of surprise was Wu. He had experienced many things and was a smart person, so he accepted it faster than others.
Others also understood the meaning of Nian one after another.
After all, they all saw what Han Cheng said and had experienced it, but they had never thought about it before. When they heard Han Cheng talk about it, they combined their own experiences to understand and accept it.
The concept is not too difficult.
"I see!"
Shitou suddenly shouted in surprise, his face flashing with light.
"Nian is a name, just like my name is Stone.
Year is the name of the long period of time from when the ice and snow melts and the flowers bloom to the next time when the ice and snow melts and the flowers bloom!”
As he said this, he looked at Han Cheng with excitement and expectation.
A clear moon rises at some unknown time, and the cool moonlight shines into this unique courtyard, silently surrounding the group of people who don't go to bed at night.
Han Cheng smiled, stretched out both hands, and gave two thumbs up to the stone.
After receiving the affirmation from the Son of God, Shitou seemed particularly happy.
Those who did not understand the meaning of "year" soon became enlightened after hearing the stone connect it with the name they were already familiar with and accustomed to.
Han Cheng took advantage of this enthusiasm and said: "Everything should have a name..."
Then he explained the four concepts of spring, summer, autumn and winter to everyone one by one.
With the previous 'year' as a foreshadowing, it was not difficult for them to understand the four seasons.
It’s just that I heard too many new things at once tonight, and many people couldn’t remember what they were called all at once.
This is not a big problem, as long as they understand the concept and the name, after some time, they will naturally remember it.
Of course, these people do not include wizards and stones who often use their brains.
The two of them firmly memorized the year, the four seasons and their names.
Not only that, after receiving the praise, Shi Shi, who became more and more flexible in thinking, opened his mouth again and asked what "July 7th" was.
So Han Cheng divided the year into twelve months, and divided spring, summer, autumn and winter into three months each.
Compared with the previous simple memorization of names, these questions about numbers are much more difficult to understand. Many people did not understand the complex connections among them for a while and found them extremely abstruse.
The two big eyes of the stone flashed and flashed together with the stars in the sky.
This child is the most "Chinese" in the entire Qingque tribe, and also the most "educated". He can count from one to a thousand without messing up.
Shi Shi blinked for a while, his face showed joy again, and his chipped teeth looked very white under the moonlight.
"Son of God, is there the sun under the moon?"
After Shitou figured out the year and month, he remembered the meeting on the Magpie Bridge on July 7th. He seemed to understand the relationship, blinked his eyes, and asked Han Cheng a question.
Han Cheng now finally understood why the rather stern math teacher of later generations always had a smile on his face when he lectured students who always ranked first in math exams.
This kind of student who understands everything is really comfortable to teach.
Far from being compared to the guy who is 'very angry with the teacher and very happy with the mother-in-law'.
Han Cheng couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the stone again.
"Below the moon is the sun, and each month has at least twenty-eight days..."
"From the time the sun rises to the time the next sun rises, it is one day... The bright part is day, the black part is night, and now is night..."
Han Cheng took advantage of the excitement and started the teaching mode.
"Son of God, why is there a difference in the length of the moon?"
Many people around him had circles in their eyes, but Shitou was becoming more and more energetic. Not only did he remember everything Han Cheng had said before, he was also able to raise his own doubts.
Han Cheng looked at the stone with a smile, pointed at the moon hanging in the sky like a gem and said: "It can help you solve your doubts."
Everyone looked at the bright half moon in the sky, their minds confused, wondering if there was something else contained in this thing that they had long been accustomed to.
"How has this moon changed? Compared with the past few days."
Han Cheng watched for a while and saw Shitou looking at the bright moon in the sky with a puzzled look, so he warned him.
"A few days ago, it was big and round, like...like an egg yolk beaten in a bowl..."
Shitou scratched his head as he spoke. He didn't understand that the big, round moon was now less than half of it, and it looked like it had been bitten off by something.
"You will draw the moon every night in the future. When you draw enough moons, you will understand why the lengths of the months are different..."
Han Cheng looked a little enigmatic and said.
Of course he is inscrutable, because he also knows little about the calendar.
Although in later generations I dealt with life every day, knowing that there are 365 days in a year, one month every four years, February 29th in leap years, and February 28th in ordinary years, these fragmentary knowledge really makes me rely on my knowledge now.
He really doesn't have the ability to come up with a set of Gregorian calendars.
Compared with the complicated Gregorian calendar, the lunar calendar with the 'moon' as its symbol is much easier to work with. After all, the moon changes significantly and can be seen everywhere, so it is much more straightforward than the Gregorian calendar.
And compared with the Gregorian calendar, the lunar calendar is more suitable for agricultural production.
'Spring rain shocks the clear valley sky in spring, summer is full of awns and summer heat is connected. Autumn is dew, autumn is cold and frost falls, and winter is snowy and winter is slightly cold.'
He still remembers this twenty-four solar terms song he learned in elementary school very clearly. After Shitou observes the moon carefully enough and the rudimentary lunar calendar appears, he will insert these solar terms one by one according to the characteristics of the current climate.
This calendar is completely sufficient to guide agricultural production.
It's just that calendaring is a delicate matter. Although he knows the difference between "big progress and small progress", he doesn't know the specific month. This requires long-term observation and recording.
Of course, everything can't be done by him, the Son of God. Wouldn't it be too hard? So this task fell to the stone with amazing bones...
