What does 29 on the calendar mean?

Twenty-nine, that is, counting from the day of the winter solstice, is the second nine days.

Every winter solstice is the beginning of "counting nine" (that is, 99 days). The winter solstice is the first day of September 19, and there are always nine days.

People often say "winter training" refers to the coldest days. The proverb "99 Songs" goes like this: 1929 Don't shoot; Walking on the ice in 3949; 5969 see willows along the river; 79 rivers open 89 geese; 99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.

"No.9" is widely circulated.

It was popular in the northern region at the latest in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Liang Zonggu wrote in the Chronicle of Jingchu: "The winter solstice is 998 1 day, which is the end of cold."

There are several nine songs all over the country, but the lyrics are slightly different. People all over the country have compiled various proverbs, ballads and fluency according to different climatic conditions, scenery characteristics, agricultural phenology and customs. ?

China folk widely circulated "99-year-old songs to relieve cold", commonly known as "99-year-old songs". There are many versions of 99 ballads. Version examples: 1929 did not shoot, walked on the ice in 3949, watched willows along the river in 5969, opened the river in 79, swallowed it in 89, and added 19 in 99, plowing cattle everywhere.