Pig and dog weather

1929, my arms intervened; 3949, frozen pigs and frozen dogs; 5969, look at the willows by the river; In 7963, pedestrians on the road put clothes on their shoulders; 8972, cats and dogs lying in the shade, 998 1, Tian Zhongli, the old man of crops. ?

In order to roughly calculate the increase of yang, the ancients adopted the method of "counting nine" in China traditional culture. Nine is the extreme number, which is the largest, longest and longest concept, and nine nines means eighty-one is the "maximum number".

The so-called "counting nine" means counting nine every nine days from the day of winter solstice (or the next day) until the 998 1 day, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, which is what the ancients often said.

In ancient times, people did not simply count nine, but used many interesting methods. There are many ways, such as drawing nine clubs, filling in nine words and so on.

The so-called counting nine plum blossoms means drawing one plum blossom and nine plum blossoms on the branches from the solstice in winter. Each plum blossom has nine petals, * * * 8 1 petal, representing 8 1 day of "counting nine days", each flower represents a "nine", each petal represents a day, and one petal is dyed every day. Dyeing nine petals leads to a "nine", and dyeing nine flowers leads to a "nine", as deep as spring scenery.

The' 99 Disaster Relief Song, commonly known as' 99 Song', which is widely circulated in China, vividly records the climate and phenological changes between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox, and also expresses some laws of farming activities.