What is the origin of heavy snow solar terms?

1. Origin of heavy snow solar terms: On February 7th or 8th of 65438+ every year, when the longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees, it is one of the 24 solar terms. Heavy snow, as the name implies, has a large amount of snow. The ancients said: "The great man is prosperous, and the snow man is prosperous here." . At this time, it often snows heavily and widely, hence the name heavy snow.

2. In ancient China, heavy snow was divided into three periods: "The cuckoo gull didn't crow, the tiger began to make love, and litchi stood out." Cuckoo doesn't sing: this means that Hao Han birds don't sing any more, because the weather is cold at this time; Tiger's first copulation: because this is the peak period, the so-called prosperity and decline, at this time, Yang has sprouted, so the tiger began to courtship; Litting out:“Litting "is a kind of bluegrass, and it also feels the germination of the sun and pulls out new buds.