Four-character idioms related to winter

Four-word idioms related to winter include nine winters, long snows, heavy snows, flying snowflakes, chilly winds, heavy snows, mountain closures, snow and snow, and heavy snow.

Counting nine winters is a folk proverb of the Han nationality, which means that from counting nine, it really enters the coldest winter of the year. The winter solstice begins to count to nine, which is what people call "winter counting to nine". Counting nine days is 19, counting nine days is 29, counting "99" means that "99" is over, and "90% means flowering", so it is warm.

When the custom of counting nine originated, there is no exact information. However, it was popular at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the traditional culture of Han nationality, nine is the extreme number, which is the largest, largest and longest concept.

Winter introduction

Winter is one of the four seasons. The change of seasons throughout the year is a continuous process, and it is also a process of yin and yang transformation, from one to two, from quantitative change to qualitative change. In this gradual process, beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, also known as "Sili", are the beginning of the season. Traditionally, China regards the 24 solar terms "beginning of winter" as beginning of winter. In winter, life is closed and everything enters a state of recuperation.

The commonly used methods of season division mainly include "solar terms method" and "temperature method". The winter divided by solar terms method starts from "beginning of winter" and ends before the next "beginning of spring". According to the temperature method, winter begins when the daily average temperature is lower than 10℃ for five consecutive days, and ends when the daily average temperature rises above 10℃ for five consecutive days.

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