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What day does nine in cold weather mean to start?

From the solstice of winter, it is "September 9th" every nine days until September 9th, and * * * 8 1 day in a year is a cold period. "Jiujiu", also known as "Winter Jiujiu", is a folk solar term in winter in China.

People often say "count nine winters", which means that from counting nine, it really enters the coldest winter of the year. In the traditional culture of Han nationality, nine is the extreme number, which is the largest, largest and longest concept. Nine nines is eighty-one, which is the "maximum" number. Liang Chaozong Ba wrote in the Chronicle of Jingchu: "The number of winter solstice days and 998 1 day are the end of cold." The ancient Han people believed that spring must have arrived after the solstice on September 8 1 day.

People will count to nine from the solstice in winter, which is also called "counting to nine in winter". Counting nine days is 19, counting nine days is 29 ... Counting "99" is the end of "99". There is another folk saying about the number nine: "Don't shoot in 1929, walk on the ice in 3949, look at the willows by the river in 5969, open the river in 79, swallow it in 89, and bloom will do it!" ?

Nine cold days, also known as "Winter Nine Nine", is a folk solar term in winter in China. "Nine" is calculated from the day of the winter solstice every year, and every nine days is a unit.