What does it mean to send nine?

Sending Jiujiu, also called "Winter Jiujiu", is a folk solar term in China. Starting from the solstice of winter, spring will come. To count nine is to count nine days as a "nine". Counting to "99" is the time when peach blossoms are everywhere, and adding "9" is "plowing cattle everywhere", which is * * * 90 days.

There is no specific information about where the number nine originated, but the calculation rules of this solar term have been passed down from generation to generation. It is recorded in the Chronicle of Jingchu written by Zongba of Liang Dynasty: "The number of winter solstice days is 998 1 day, which is the end of cold." It means that the winter will be over after 998 1 days from the day of winter on the solstice.

The ballad of "99-99" is: "1929 don't shoot, walk on the ice in 3949, watch the willows by the river in 59 and 69, the river freezes in 79, swallows come in 89, and cows walk everywhere." This catchy song is a ballad that adults and children can recite, also called "Jiujiu Song". It is also a vivid record of climate change and expresses the law of farming activities.

In ancient times, people did not have enough measures to keep out the cold, so they were still afraid of the cold winter. When winter was hard, they invented this interesting way of "counting nine" to entertain themselves, which was also an optimistic attitude of our ancestors towards life difficulties.