What are 29, 39 and 49 days?

Erjiu, Sanjiu and Jiu Si correspond to the second, third and fourth days after the winter solstice (65438+February 2 1) respectively. And so on, to "99" 81day. Generally, March 9 and April 9 are the coldest times of the year. When you count to nine "nine days", spring will be deep and warm, and everything will be full of vitality. It's time for spring ploughing.

When the custom of "counting nine" originated, there is no exact information at present. However, it was popular at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. "Liang Chao Shu Jing Chu Chun Qiu" records: "The winter solstice is 998 1 day, which is the end of cold."

Count nine cold days, that is, from the solstice of winter, count a "nine" every nine days until the "99" of 81 days, and the weather will warm up.

There is a folk saying, "The solstice in summer is three years old, and the solstice in winter is nine years old." The number nine method is passed down from mouth to mouth in some places in China, which has a history and lacks records. As for when it originated, the exact information is available. The ancients followed the example of the sky, took the image of the land, set solar terms to know solar terms, and made calendars to know time changes.

The custom of winter solstice:

The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions.

In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

Many places in southern China will celebrate the winter solstice. Winter solstice is a traditional festival to worship the heavens and ancestors, and it is one of the eight major festivals in a year. On this day, people should worship their ancestors to God.

There is a saying that "the winter festival is as big as a year, and it will never come back." People who go out must go home to worship their ancestors on the solstice of winter. Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different.

In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. As the saying goes: "On October 1st, when the solstice of winter comes, every family eats jiaozi." North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "dispelling cold". Up to now, there is a folk proverb that "on the solstice of winter, jiaozi bowls are improper and nobody cares about frozen ears".