What is the specific meaning of the number nine songs?

Because the northern region is relatively vast, the "number nine songs" in some places may be slightly different, but they are basically the same. This is the version we memorized when we were young: 1929 Don't shoot, walk on the ice in 3949, watch the willows by the river in 5969, open the river in 79, bring the geese in 89, and raise cattle everywhere in 99 19.

The ninth song is a ballad. I remember learning to recite from primary school, and I can recite it completely until now. Because I am a farmer's child, I have personally experienced the scenes in folk songs, which is also a childhood memory.

First, the specific meaning of nine digital songs

The ninth song is a ballad reflecting the solar terms in winter. It takes nine as the unit, one * * * nine nines, and * * * is 8 1 day, describing the natural change from cold to warm in winter.

Since the first nine days, the weather has become so cold that people can only put their hands in their pockets; In 3949, it was the coldest day in winter, and even the water in the river was frozen into ice, so it was not a big problem for people to walk on the ice. In 5969, the weather gradually warmed, and the willows along the river sprouted; When the ice of the 79 River melts into water, the water begins to warm. By August 9, the swallows had flown back from the south, and it was a lively scene; 1999, people began to work in the fields and prepare for farming. In ancient times, people used Niu Gengdi, so they could plow cattle everywhere.

Second, the' Nine Songs' cultural connotation

There is profound cultural connotation behind the number of nine songs, which is a kind of wisdom that the ancients borrowed natural phenology to reflect the weather changes. In that farming society, the land goes dormant in winter, and people have to spend a cold and long winter. People carefully observe the changes of things around them and look forward to the arrival of spring bit by bit. So I made up a nine-song ballad, dividing the period from winter solstice to awakening into nine nines, so that I would feel psychologically that winter is not very long and spring is coming. At the same time, it adds a little fun to winter and makes life less boring.

Song No.9 is the brightest pearl in farming society. The ancients composed songs about the changes of natural things, which were catchy and catchy. Adults and children can know the changes of these winter solar terms. This reflects the harmony between man and nature and is the simplest and most correct method.