What is the explanation and significance of counting nine cold days?

I remember that when I was very young, I was afraid of the cold and didn't dare to go out in winter. With the intensification of the greenhouse effect, the cold in winter is no longer, and snow dancing is even more difficult to see. Especially in the south, it is more and more common to see snowflakes all winter. Only in the north can we see the real winter, and we can appreciate the significance of cold weather.

I specially collected and sorted out the relevant information about the slight cold weather, which can be regarded as popularizing the knowledge of the twenty-four solar terms.

Counting nine in cold weather, also known as "Winter Nine Nine", is a folk solar term in winter in China. The "number nine" starts from the "winter solstice" every year, and every nine days is a unit. There are many customs of counting nine, among which 99 songs are the most popular and the longest.

Description: From the solstice in winter, September 19 is every nine days, and March 9 and April 9 are the coldest. The coldest day.

Meaning: From 19 19 to 29 years, the weather was not the coldest, but only in 1929, I couldn't reach out. Most of March 9 and April 9 belong to the slight cold solar term, which is the coldest time of the year, so the bitch will freeze to death on March 9 and April 9. After May 9th, the earth gradually rejuvenated and the weather gradually turned from cold to warm, so in May 969, I watched the willows by the river. Seven nine eight nine, walking alone. In 1999, it was already a shocking solar term, so in 1999, the thunder was loud and the noise was persistent.

Custom: The custom of painting nine appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The so-called painting is actually a picture that calculates the warm date from winter to spring. There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty's "A Brief View of the Imperial Capital": A plum blossom is painted on the solstice in winter, which is one of the eighty petals. Dye a petal every day, and when the petals come out in 99, the spring will be deep and the cold will be eliminated in 99. In addition, there are "99" poems and paintings of the Qing Dynasty, with four sentences every nine days, totaling 36 sentences, covering the reign of Huang San in ancient times and the Qing Dynasty. It can be called an elegant historical memorabilia.

After painting Nine, the custom of writing Nine appeared in Qing Dynasty. Writing nine is also very cultural. I often use weeping willows in front of the pavilion to remember the spring breeze, or use the spring gallery to send incense to the room (of course, it is a traditional practice). First of all, I hooked it into a painting and began to fill it out from the first day of September (similar to the red painting in calligraphy practice). Black with a thick brush, nine strokes per word, one stroke per day, and it takes just 8 1 day to fill in these nine words. Interestingly, after filling in a stroke every day, you must record the weather on the stroke with a fine brush. Therefore, writing nine words in a row is also more detailed meteorological data in 99 days.

multiplication table

Version 1: 1929 has no hands; Walking on the ice in 3949; Look at the willows by the river in 5969; 79 talk, 89 geese come; 1999 and 1999, cattle are being farmed everywhere.

Version 2: 1929 Encounter Buddha; On March 27th, cymbals (an ancient musical instrument, meaning that the fence crackled with cold wind) sounded at the fence head. 4936, the night is like a heron (the night is cold and curled up like a crane); In 5945, the sun opened the door, and in 6954, poor children fought for their spirit; In 7963, a cloth cover was put on the head; In 8972, the cat looked for the sun; In 998 1 year, plows and rakes went out together.

Version 3: The first nine are warm, the second nine are cold, the third nine hundred birds are frozen, the fourth nine wax hearts, the frozen wax insect essence, the fifth nine four five, the knife is not buried, the sixth nine five four, the cold and stuffy, the seventh nine six three, the clothes are ambiguous, the eighth nine seven two, the cats and dogs seek shade, the ninth nine eight one, the grass green.