The Significance and Meaning of Counting Nine Songs

The meaning and significance of the nine songs are as follows:

1. Interpretation: Jiujiu, also known as Dongjiujiu, is a folk method to calculate the date of warm flowers in spring and cold days in China.

Second, count the contents of nine songs:

"No shooting in 1929, walking on the ice in 3949, watching willows along the river in 5969, opening rivers in 79, attracting geese in 89, adding 19 in 99, and walking cattle everywhere", which means 1929, the weather dropped rapidly and it was too cold to be put outside.

The weather is coldest on March 9 and April 9, and even the river is frozen, so you can walk on it. On May 9th and June 9th, the earth gradually rejuvenated, and you can enjoy the willow sprouting.

At 7: 00, 63 days after the river thawed, at 8: 00, that is, 72 days, the geese began to fly back from the south; At nine o'clock, 90 days later, it is time for farmers to start plowing and prepare for sowing.

Custom:

1, "Count Nine":

There are many customs of counting nine, among which 99 songs are the most extensive and have a long history. These songs skillfully use the phenological phenomena in nature and vividly reflect the laws of weather changes during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period. As far as most parts of China are concerned, the weather was not the coldest when the 29th passed, but "1929, I can't reach it." At the end of April 9, it was almost a severe cold solar term, so it was said that "on March 9, 49, cats and dogs froze to death."

After May 9, the earth gradually rejuvenated and the weather gradually warmed from cold, so "May 969, look at the willows by the river; 7989, walking alone. " By 1999, it was already a "thunder" solar term, so the thunder of 1999 made a lasting noise. The custom of "painting nine" appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The so-called painting is actually a picture that calculates the warm date of spring after the winter solstice.

2. "Following Nine":

After painting Nine, the custom of writing Nine appeared in Qing Dynasty. "Writing Nine" has a strong cultural flavor. Words such as "weeping willows in front of the pavilion and cherishing the spring breeze" or "sending flowers to the vestibule in spring" are often used. Hook them into a picture first, and fill them out from the first day of the ninth grade. Use a thick black brush, nine strokes for each word, one stroke for one day, and the nine words are exactly 8 1 day.

Interestingly, after filling in a stroke every day, you have to use a fine brush to record the weather of that day on the strokes. Therefore, a line of "writing nine" is also more detailed meteorological data in the past nine days.