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The beginning of the spring formula

"Spring knocks five or nine times, and spring knocks six or nine times" is a folk proverb, which means that this day in beginning of spring is either the last day of May 9th or the first day of June 9th. The last day of May 9th in beginning of spring is called "Spring Day". On the first day of June 9th, beginning of spring was called "spring beating six or nine heads".

Count nine songs: 1929 did not shoot, walked on the ice in 3949, watched willows along the river in May and June, the river would freeze in July and September, swallows came in August and September, and cows walked everywhere.

The number nine, also known as winter nine nine, is an ancient folk method to calculate cold weather. Counting nine starts from the twenty-four solar terms "to the winter" and counts as a "nine" every nine days. The method of counting nine to calculate the cold weather is passed down from mouth to mouth among the people in our country, which has a history and lacks records. As for when it originated, there is no exact information. Count nine cold days, that is, count nine every nine days from the winter solstice to the eighty-first day, and the weather will warm up. In fact, it is "99-99, plowing cattle everywhere"-90 days, which is 9 days.

Beginning of spring is not only the first of the 24 solar terms, but also in nature and people's minds, "spring" means warm weather, the growth of all things and the sowing of spring. The so-called "one year's plan lies in spring". Beginning of spring is the time when the sun be the spirit was born, everything revived, and everything germinated and grew with the rise of the sun be the spirit. In early spring, in China, the Tropic of Cancer and its vicinity are warm and sunny, and everything begins to grow. Temperature, sunshine and rainfall are often at the turning point of a year, with a rising or increasing trend, and the breath of early spring can be clearly felt.