What is after the heavy snow?

The next solar term under heavy snow is the winter solstice solar term.

Brief introduction of solar terms in winter solstice

Winter solstice is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is usually called "Winter Festival", "Dragon solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year". As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had observed the sun with the earth and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and the time was between 65438+February 265438+February 0-22 in the Gregorian calendar.

Astronomy regards the winter solstice as the beginning of winter, which is obviously late for most parts of China. There is a cloud in the poem: "The northwest wind hits a hundred herbs and declines, and the cold rises several times a day. The daytime is the shortest, but I see Jin Mei blooming. " (Heshui Zuo) The solstice in winter is the shortest day in a year. After the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun gradually moves northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually lengthen and the nights gradually shorten. Therefore, there is a saying that "eating the winter solstice makes the day longer."

Climatically, during the winter solstice, the average temperature in the northwest plateau is generally below 0℃, and the southern region is only about 6℃ to 8℃. In addition, the winter solstice begins to count to nine, and the winter solstice becomes the first day to count to nine. As for "Counting Nine", there is a folk song that goes like this: "Don't do it in September, walk on the ice in March and April, watch the willows along the river in May and June, open the river in July and September, geese come in August and September, and cows go everywhere in September and September."