What is the meaning of the fourth nine days

The meaning of "four nine" is that after the winter solstice, we enter the nine cold days, and the fourth nine days is called "four nine".

From the date of the winter solstice, we enter the "counting nine". "Counting Nine" is a Chinese winter folk festival.

From the winter solstice, it is called the "nine", and every nine days is a "nine", the first nine days is called the "nine", the second nine days is called the "nine", and so on. The first nine days called "one nine", the second nine days called "two nine", and so on, until the "nine nine", that is, to the ninth nine days, counting full nine nine eighty-one days.

Extended information:

The winter solstice is one of the earliest of China's twenty-four festivals to be established, the ancient name of the "day is short," or "day is short to the".

The winter solstice is one of the earliest of the 24 solar terms in China, known as the "short day" or "short day to", and falls between December 21 and 22 on the solar calendar. On the winter solstice, the sun shines almost directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the day is the shortest and the night the longest in the northern hemisphere. After this day, the sun gradually moves northward, and the days get longer day by day.

The winter solstice is not only an important festival in the Chinese lunar calendar, but also an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. In ancient times, people believed that the winter solstice was the starting point for calculating the 24 solar terms in China.

The saying "winter solstice is as big as the year" is widely spread in the folklore. During the Shang, Zhou and Qin dynasties, the winter solstice was designated as the "first day of the year" - the New Year. In the Han Dynasty, it began to be designated as a festival - the Winter Festival.

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