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192939 Henan jingle?

Nine-Nine Counting Songs

No action in 1929, walking on the ice in 3949;

On 59th and 69th, looking at the willows by the river;

The rivers of Qijiu are frozen, and the swallows of Eight-Nine are returning;

Nine-Nine plus one-Nine, plowing cattle are everywhere.

Connotation

In traditional Chinese culture, nine is the ultimate number, which is the largest, most numerous and longest-lasting concept. Nine nines or eighty-one is the "biggest" number. Therefore, the Chinese believe that spring has definitely arrived on the 81st day after the winter solstice.

Counting nine is a traditional Chinese way of recording time. Starting from the winter solstice, every nine days is counted as one nine, and the first three nines are counted as nine. Usually the first three nines are the first one after the winter solstice. Moon is the coldest day of the year, so there are also sayings "cold on the 39th", "winter on the 39th" or "winter on the 39th".

Extended information:

The method of calculating cold and warm by counting nine is suitable for areas in my country where the cold and warm changes are obvious before and after the winter solstice. The calculation of cold and warm changes is accurate to the number of days. Starting from the number of days on the winter solstice, the last The cold period is in "three-nine and four-nine", and counting to "nine-nine and eighty-one days" means that spring is deep and the sun is warm.

In some places, the number nine is calculated from the day of the winter solstice. In some cold areas, where there is ice and snow, the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius for a long time in winter and spring, and there is no obvious change in temperature before and after the winter solstice. " There is not much difference in whether it is morning or evening, or how high or low the temperature is, how many degrees Celsius. To make it easier to count nines, counting from the winter solstice, that is, the day of the winter solstice is called "Jiaojiu", and every nine days is called "一九", and so on.