What is the truth of the old rural proverb "If February is not September, pigs and dogs will starve to death"?

The ninth day of February refers to the date in the lunar calendar. If there is no September in January and February, it means that if there is one day missing, the income of cultivated land will be less, and then if there is one day missing, the food at home will be less, and pigs and dogs will starve to death.

In this sentence, "no nine" means the folk custom of counting nine. "Count to nine" means that when you count to ten nines, winter is over and spring is officially coming. "1929, if you don't shoot, you will walk on the ice in 3949 ... 79 rivers open, 89 geese come, 99 plus 19, and cows walk everywhere." After 8 1 days from the winter solstice, you can start working in the fields, and people will start a one-year farming life.

In this proverb, February also refers to the lunar calendar. Some people may not know the difference between the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar. In general, the date used in the country is Gregorian calendar, while in rural areas, people usually use the lunar calendar, which is calculated according to the time of the moon circling the earth once. According to the lunar calendar, the big moon is 30 days and the small moon is 29 days, so there are only 355 days on 20 19 this year. As we all know, a year is 365 or 366 days. In order to make up for the deficiency of the lunar calendar, the ancients formulated 24 solar terms, and the proverbs in Uncle Wang's mouth were related to these 24 solar terms.

As the saying goes: "From winter to the beginning of the sun and the moon, it is very cold." The winter solstice is in the middle of the month, and there is no snow or frost; The winter solstice is at the end of the month, and the cold is in February. This proverb is summed up by people themselves according to the lunar calendar. If the winter solstice can start in early November of the lunar calendar, by February, the statistics will have been basically completed; But in the middle and late period, there will definitely be countless nines, so the probability of a bumper harvest in a year is far greater than the probability of a poor harvest. 20 19, until March 12, nine can be counted, which means there must be nine more to be counted in February, so don't worry about not counting nine at all.

"If there is no September in February, pigs and dogs will starve to death" means that if there is no September in the lunar calendar this year, even pigs and dogs at home with low income will starve to death. This sentence is mainly based on the lunar calendar and solar terms.