When is this year?

Count nine from 2020. 12.2 1 (winter solstice) this year! Counting Nine starts from the day of winter solstice every year, and from the day of winter solstice, China has entered the cold weather of Counting Nine. "Ninth Five-Year Plan" is a suitable solar term in northern China, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. From the day of winter solstice, it entered the "number nine", commonly known as "cross nine", and then every nine days as a unit, called "nine". After nine "nines", it happens to be 8 1 day, that is, "nine out", and then spring blossoms.

The widely circulated "99-99 Xiehan Song" from winter solstice, commonly known as "99-99 Song", vividly records the climate and phenological changes between winter solstice and vernal equinox, and also expresses some laws of agricultural activities. The widely circulated song 1929 for removing cold says: "1929 does not shoot, 1949 walks on the ice, 1969 sees the willows, 1979 opens the river, 1999.