Chapter 43 Birthdays and Zodiacs

Dear Xiaowen: September 22 is your tenth birthday. Dad sent you a birthday card last Monday. Did you receive it? There is a scientist named Michael Faraday who was also born on September 22, but he was born in 1791, a full 173 years older than you.You see electric fans, exhaust fans, vacuum cleaners, and waxing machines. ...Anything with a buzzing sound inside must have a machine that can rotate. This kind of machine is called an electric motor.The principle of the electric motor was created by Faraday.A generator is also an electric motor. Without a generator, there would be no lights and no TV. ...now you know how important Faraday was?So September 22, for human beings, has a little bright meaning.

There was a great man named Lincoln whom Papa wrote to you about.On September 22, 112 years ago, he issued a declaration to emancipate the black slaves in the United States (the blacks in the United States were originally slaves, and the whites won them, and they were not regarded as human beings, and they were only counted as three in the constitution. -fifths (3/5) people, beat them, and sold them), until Lincoln came out, the black people slowly raised their heads.Therefore, September 22, for human beings, besides a little light, also means a little freedom. So, dear Xiaowen, how wonderful it would be for you to be born on September 22nd!

English Many happy returns of the day! is the meaning of endless life. Return means to go around and come back again. After three or six days in a year, the birthday is coming again.The algorithm of the Chinese old calendar is Jiazi (combined with the ten characters of Jia, B, C, Ding, Wu, Geng, Xin, Rengui and the twelve characters of Zi Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai).They were all paired together for a total of 60 years.After 60 years, start from the beginning, so a person who lives 60 years old is called "Huanli", also known as "Sixty Years".Grandma has already passed her sixtieth birthday. If you want to pass her sixtieth birthday, you have to wait half a century—fifty years.

The year you were born was 1964, and the old Chinese calendar is the year of Jiachen, so you belong to the dragon.A, B, B, Ding... the ten characters are called "Heavenly Stems", and the twelve characters are called "Earthly Branches". Rat (rat) is 11-1A.M. Third watch (not only the year with the earthly branch, the earthly branch also indicates the time.) Ugly cow (ox) Ugly is 1-3A.M. 4th update Yinhu (tiger) Yin is 3-5A.M. Mao rabbit (hare) Mao is 5-7A.M. It is dawn Chenlong (dragon) Chen is 7-9A.M. (Dad was born in Chenshi, so the nickname is An Chen.) Si snake (serpent) Si is 9-11 A.M. in the morning

Noon horse (horse) noon is 11-1P.M. noon Not sheep (sheep) Not 1-3P.M. Afternoon Shen monkey (monkey) Shen is 3-5P.M. You chicken (cock) You are 5-7P.M. Xu dog (dog) Xu is the first update on 7-9 P.M. Hai pig (pig) Hai is 9-11 P.M. Second watch There is also this category in foreign countries, called The 12 Signs of the Zodiac (The 12 Signs of the Zodiac), which is supposed to divide the sky into twelve parts, and the stars are divided into that part called "XX constellation"—— Aries is the ram (Ram) equal to the child mouse, also called Aries. Pisces is fish (Fishes) is equal to Hai pig, also called Pisces.

Aquarius is the water bearer (Water Bearer), which is equal to the dog, also called Aquarius. Capricorn is the goat (Goat) is equal to the chicken, also known as Capricornus. Sagittarius is the archer (Archer), which is equal to Shen monkey, also called Sagittarius. Scorpio is the scorpion (Scorpion) is equal to the sheep, also called Scorpio. Libra is Libra (Scales), which is equal to Wuma, also called Libra. Virgo is a virgin (Virgin) equal to Si snake (Chinese say femme fatale, in fact, women and snakes are very close), also called Virgo. Leo is the lion (Lion), equal to Chenlong, also called Leo.

Cancer is Crab (Crab) is equal to Mao, also known as Cancer. Gemini is twins (Twins) equal to Yinhu, also called Gemini. Taurus is the bull (Bull), which happens to be equal to the ugly bull, also called Taurus. The half-horse, half-man monster in Sagittarius is called Centaur, so Sagittarius is also called Centaur. These half-human, half-horse monsters are characters in Greek mythology.There is a famous Centaur named Nessus, who was shot with a poisoned arrow by Hercules, but before he died, he arranged a secret plan to kill Hercules with the help of Hercules' wife.In the future, if you read the chapter "Dead Zhuge (Zhuge Liang) walks away with life Zhongda (Sima Yi)", you can also see such interesting stories

Grandma transfers fifteen dollars to you as a birthday present.Ask grandma to talk about her parting and thoughts after the Eighteenth Century. dad September 14, 1974 P.S. Your six-day letter was received on the 11th.