The astronomical calendar of the Blang people

After years of practicing production struggles, the ancestors of the Blang people accumulated a lot of knowledge about astronomy, calendars, and weather changes, and summarized primitive methods of identifying directions, seasons, and climate.

The Brown people have their own names for the sun, moon and stars, and know their directions based on the rise and fall of the sun, moon, stars and the backs of trees. Generally, the direction and time are determined by the position of the Big Dipper at night. During the day, the direction is determined by the direction of sunlight. On cloudy days, the direction is determined by the growth status of the plants. For example, the side of the tree bark that is smooth under direct sunlight is the east, the trunk facing away from the sun is light green, and the side with some fresh moss is the west. What’s more interesting is that the Blang people still retain some primitive methods of identifying seasons and climate changes. For example, the farmer’s proverb says: “When the moon carries an umbrella, it will rain; when the sun carries an umbrella, it will dry up.” "Jiuyu muntjacs are chirping, it's going to clear up"; "Frogs in the river are clucking, it's going to rain"; "Flying ants are flying up into the sky, it's going to rain heavily" and so on. There is a kind of bird in the mountains, called "Yue" in Brown language. It lives in seclusion in the forest on rainy days. If you see this kind of bird flying and jumping out of the forest on cloudy days, it means that the weather will clear up.