A sentence after the magpies in Yanbei Township began to nest on a cold day

On the day of slight cold, in Yanbei Township, magpies began to build nests on the fifth day, and pheasants began to shoot pheasants on the fifth day.

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term in 24 solar terms, the end of the second month of the Ganzhi calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. The time is between 65438 and1October 5-7 in Gregorian calendar, and the sun is located at 285 degrees of the yellow meridian. For China, it's around March 9th, and the slight cold marks the beginning of the coldest day of the year. Twenty-four solar terms: "December Festival, the cold at the beginning of the month is still small, so the cloudy day is half a month."

In ancient China, slight cold was divided into three stages: "The first stage is to wait for Yanbei Township, the second stage is to wait for magpies to nest, and the third stage is to wait for pheasants to swim". The ancients believed that the geese among migratory birds migrated along the yin and yang, and at this time, the yang had moved, so the geese began to move northward; At this time, magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, feeling the yang and starting to build nests; The third time, the word "pheasant" means singing. When the pheasant approaches April 9, it will feel the growth of Yang and sing.