The complete version of the jingle is as follows:

The jingle was inserted in the arms of the first nine or nine.

Three nine four nine frozen dead old dog.

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The complete version of the jingle is as follows:

The jingle was inserted in the arms of the first nine or nine.

Three nine four nine frozen dead old dog.

Five nine six nine along the river to see the willow.

Seventy-nine flowers bloom, eighty-nine swallows come.

The plowing oxen walk all over the place.

Simple analysis: the weather is cold, hands in the pockets are not willing to take out; three nine four nine weather cold old dog has been unable to resist; five nine six nine weather warming the river willows sprouting; seven eight flowers open, eight nine swallows return; nine nine to arrive, the weather is completely warm, the plowing oxen began to plant crops.

The Origin and Calculation of the Song of Nine-Nine

The Song of Nine-Nine is a traditional Chinese peasant song. It is also known as "Winter Nine-Nine", and is a kind of folk festival in winter in China.

"Counting Nine" begins on the day after the winter solstice in the second half of December on the solar calendar. When the custom of "counting nine" originated, there is still no exact information. However, at least in the North and South Dynasties has been popular. Liang Zong懔 "Jing Chu chronicle" wrote: "the winter solstice and nine nine eighty-one days, for the end of the cold." Counting nine cold days, from the winter solstice, every nine days to count a "nine", has been counted to "nine" eighty-one days, "nine end of the peach blossom", the weather is warm.