The origin and story of heavy snow

Heavy snow, the second1solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, and the solar calendar1February 6-8, when the sun reaches 255, it enters the festival. The arrival of heavy snow in solar terms means that the weather will get colder and colder, and the possibility of snow will greatly increase. Like light snow, rain and Grain Rain, heavy snow is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "There is heavy snow, November Festival, and there is abundant snow so far." Heavy snow means that the possibility of snowfall is greater than that of light snow, the weather is colder, and the snow often falls heavily and widely. Due to global warming, the snowfall in the south of China is small, but the north is frozen for thousands of miles.

The solar terms divided by the leveling method can be divided into three periods in the heavy snow season: "When birds wait, they don't sing;" Second, wait for the tiger to pay; Third, when you stand out. "That is to say, because of the cold weather at this time, the birds in Hao Han no longer sing; At this time, Yin Qi was in the heyday, and the so-called prosperity and decline, Yang Qi has sprouted, and tigers have begun to courtship; " "Liting" is a kind of bluegrass, which feels the germination of yang and sends out new buds.

People often say that "snow will bring a good harvest". In severe winter, snow covers the earth, so that the temperature around the ground and crops will not drop very low because of the cold current, and winter crops create a good wintering environment. When the snow melts, the soil moisture content is increased to meet the needs of crop growth in spring. The content of nitride in snow water is five times that of ordinary rain water, which has a certain effect on fertile fields. There is an agricultural proverb called "wheat covers three quilts this year and sleeps with steamed bread next year."

The story of heavy snow:

Legend has it that there is a bird called Hao Han Bird. This kind of bird is different. It has four feet and two naked wings. It can't fly like an ordinary bird. In summer, Hao Han birds are covered with gorgeous feathers and look very beautiful. Hao Han bird is very proud. It thinks it is the most beautiful bird in the world, and even the Phoenix can't compare with itself. So it shook its feathers all day and walked around, singing proudly: "Phoenix is not as good as me! Phoenix is not as good as me! "

Summer passed, autumn came, and the birds were busy. Some of them began to fly to the south together, preparing to spend the warm winter there. Some stayed and worked hard all day, accumulating food, mending nests and preparing for winter. Only the Hao Han bird, which has neither the ability to fly to the south nor the desire to work hard, is still wandering around all day and still showing off its beautiful feathers.

Winter finally came, the weather was extremely cold, and the birds returned to their warm nests. At this time, Hao Han birds lost all their beautiful feathers. At night, it hides in a crevice, shivering with cold. It has been crying, "it's so cold, so cold, wait until dawn to build a nest!" " After dawn, the sun came out and the warm sunshine shone. Hao Han bird forgot the cold at night and continued to sing, "Muddle along!"! "It's so warm in the sun!"

Hao Han birds are mixed day by day, day by day, and they have never been able to build a nest for themselves. In the snow season, the north wind roared and the sunshine lost its former warmth. Hao Han Bird failed to survive the cold snow and solar terms, and finally froze to death in a crack in the rock.