Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, the 21st day of the second lunar month

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Earthquake as Thunder (䷲)

The Book of Changesfifty-oneHexagram, thunder on top and thunder on the bottom, two thunder rings together, shaking the sky and earth.

Hexagram revelation: Thunder echoes thunder, thunder rolls in, one after another, with a grand and powerful force that shakes the heavens and earth. This hexagram depicts an extraordinary phenomenon of sudden changes, shock, and turmoil. It symbolizes that in life, it is inevitable to encounter sudden changes and crises. Change is not scary, what is scary is not being prepared for change; Crisis is not scary, what's scary is losing one's footing in a crisis. Facing the uncertainty and crisis of life. We learn to stay awake in shock, to hold onto rationality in fear, and to find composure in turmoil. This is the fundamental way to deal with the impermanent world.

Heaven and earth have righteous qi, and the chaos endows them with manifold.

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today in historyYan Fengying's stills in the Huangmei opera 'Strike the Golden Branch'

one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight

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Passed away. Her original name was Yan Hongliu, from Tongcheng, Anhui, and she is a first-class actress,Learning skills at a young age,twelveI am a disciple of Yan Yungao,one thousand nine hundred and forty-sixAnnual certificateXiaoci ShopBecoming famous,one thousand nine hundred and fifty-threeTransferred to Anhui Huangmei Opera Troupe in the yearHis representative works include "Tian Xian Pei" (playing the Seven Fairy Maidens), "Female Princess" (playing Feng Suzhen)The Cowherd and the Weaver GirlA series of classic character images have been created, such as "Catching Pig Grass".Yan Fengying's singing style is beautiful, sweet, gentle, and full of charm

She absorbedPeking Opera、Yue OperaPingju OperaYue OperaPingtan (Suzhou Ballad-Singing and Storytelling)Yue OperaThe strengths of folk songs and other singing styles, combined and integrated into their own style, are praised as“Yan Pai”She developed Huangmei Opera from a local opera to a national opera, and was a master of Huangmei Opera， Tian Han praised it asMei Lanfang in Huangmei OperaYan Pai黄梅戏里的梅兰芳She developed Huangmei Opera from a local opera to a national opera, and was a master of Huangmei Operaten