The origin of double twelve?

The "number nine" began the day after the "winter solstice" in late February and early February of 65438. 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."

Lu Gu's "Jia Qinglu" recorded a "Nine Songs", which humorously described the situation of ancient people in winter:

1929, the item is called Fu Tui (both hands are shrunk in the robe because of fear of cold); On March 27th, the wind blew on the fence head (cold wind blew on the fence head, just like blowing the wind). And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 4936, sleeping at night is like camping (sleeping under a quilt is like sleeping in the wild); Five, nine, four, five, poor street dance.

If you don't dance, it will be chilly in spring (the poor people wear thin clothes to dance to keep warm); In 6954, flies piled up in the house (revealing a little warmth); In 7963, two shoulders were covered with cloth sleeves (warmer, so you can put thick clothes on your shoulders); In 8972, cats and dogs were lying in the cold; In 998 1 year, the poor man was about to stretch his feet to sleep when mosquitoes and fleas came out.

In ancient society, the poor suffered especially in winter.

Jiujiu, also known as Winter Jiujiu, is a folk solar term in China. The number 9 starts at the end of the solstice in the early winter of the Gregorian calendar 65438+ every year. There is no exact information about when the custom of counting nine originated. 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. In fact, it is "99-99, plowing cattle everywhere"-90 days, which is 9 days.

In the traditional culture of China, nine is the extreme number, which is the largest, largest and longest concept. Nine nines is eighty-one, which is the "maximum" number. People in ancient China believed that after the solstice on September 8 1 day, spring must have arrived.