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What is solar term song?

24 solar terms Song: Spring rains shake the valley in spring, hot in midsummer, frosty in autumn and snowy in winter.

Jiujiu, also known as Winter Jiujiu, is a folk solar term in China. The number nine begins at the end of winter in 65438+February of the Gregorian calendar and ends on Everyone's Day. There is no exact information about when the custom of counting nine originated.

Count nine cold days, that is, count nine every nine days from the winter solstice to the eighty-first day, and the weather will warm up. In fact, it is "99-99, plowing cattle everywhere"-90 days, which is 9 days.

The full text of Song No.9: 19, 29, no shooting; Walking on the ice on March 9 and April 9; 59 and 69, watching willows along the river; 79 River freezes, Swallow for 89 years; 99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.