What does 89 mean?

"August 9" refers to "August 9 in winter", which is the eighth nine days in the winter solar terms.

The ninth day of the eighth lunar month also refers to the sight of geese migrating from the south to the north in droves in early spring. There is also a saying that "seven or nine rivers open and eight or nine geese come." The "swallow" here refers to the swallow, of course. But the time for the swallows to return to the north will be a little later than that for the geese, and it should be from late March to early April.

China has entered the countdown for nine days since the winter solstice. "Counting Nine", also known as "Winter Nine Nine", is the crystallization of China folk wisdom and a method to calculate the date of cold weather. The calculation of nine starts from the winter solstice, and nine days is a "nine", that is, the first nine days are nine, the second nine days are two nines, and so on, and the eighth nine days are eight nines.

Count nine folk songs: 1929 did not shoot, walked on the ice in 3949, watched willows along the river in 5969, opened the river in 79, swallowed it in 89, and added 19 in 99, plowing cattle everywhere.

Law No.9 is passed down from mouth to mouth among the people in our country, which has a history but lacks records. As for when it originated, there is no exact information. In traditional culture, nine is the extreme number, the "highest yang" number and the largest number. The accumulation of "Zhiyang" means that Yin Qi is decreasing day by day, and it is tired to the end, which means that the cold is getting warmer and "the spring is deep".

"99" is the product of farming society, with a long history, which has been passed down from mouth to mouth among the people. It is a summary of the experience of the ancients in using some ecological reactions and weather signs in nature on the basis of generations of production. It is quite scientific and has played a guiding role in the arrangement of people's production and life so far, so it has been widely welcomed and circulated.