"Nine cold days" refers to the coldest day of the year. How do people count nine?

Counting nine is a custom of summarizing weather changes or agricultural activities in groups of nine days from winter to Sunday.

Generally speaking, from the winter solstice, nine days count as a "nine", and the ninth "nine" counts as 8 1 day.

It is also called "99" because it counts as nine "9s". A ballad that summarizes 1999 weather changes or agricultural activities is called "99 songs". It is also very useful to show climate change in the form of charts, which is called "99-99 cold current map".

01The simplest and most common drawing method of "99 Relief Map in Cold Region" is to draw nine large squares on a piece of white paper with the name of the map written on it and "99" written on the side. In each big box, nine red circles are printed with bamboo pen caps.

From the solstice of winter, dot a circle with ink every day. When ordering, you can also order only a part to distinguish different weather.

One of the ballads goes like this: "Draw a cloudy day on the top, a sunny day on the bottom, and the wind blows left and right in the rain and snow." That is to say, if it is cloudy, dye the top of the red circle black, if it is sunny, dye the bottom half black, and so on. When all the red circles are dyed, spring will come.

In old Beijing, some pupils like to draw "1999 cold terrain map". They wrote down the words "weeping willows and cherishing the spring breeze in front of the court", then covered them with white paper and wrote them in hollow letters. These nine words are painted nine times each, and it is very meaningful to draw a stroke every day. After painting, it is the time when spring is blooming and colorful.

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There is a close relationship between Jiujiu Song and Jiujiu Anti-cold Map. As soon as we mention the proverb "the river opens in July and the geese come in August and September", we will feel extremely cordial.

Due to the vast territory of China, the singing method of "Jiujiu Song" varies greatly from place to place. In the north, this song is widely sung: "1929 Don't shoot; Walking on the ice in 3949; 5969, look at the willows by the river; Seven or nine rivers open, and eight or nine geese come; 99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere. "

In the south, this song is widely sung: "1929, I can't move if I'm told." 3927, the hedge head blew. Sleeping at night is like sleeping outside. In 5945, every family pushed the salt tiger. 6954, mouth temperature. In 7963, pedestrians put clothes on their shoulders. In 8972, cats and dogs sought shade. 1998, the poor man ended his suffering. "

Summary: "99" is not only very convenient to calculate the climate season, but also very interesting. When it is composed into a ballad, it is easy for people to remember. It can be said that this is the creation of the working people in ancient China and the embodiment of their intelligence.