What do you mean by counting nine songs?

Jiujiu Song is a folk song expressing the degree of cold weather. Counting nine is a folk method in China to calculate the date of cold weather and warm spring in bloom, and it is one of the widely spread customs in China.

The full text of Song No.9:

1929 did not shoot;

Walking on the ice in 3949;

5969, look at the willows by the river;

Seven or nine rivers open and eight or nine swallows come;

99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.

Analyze the meaning of lyrics in detail:

1929 Don't make a move.

On the first nine days and the second nine days, people were afraid to put their hands out of their sleeves, indicating that it was already very cold at this time.

3949 ice walk

On the third and fourth days, the river was covered with thick ice. This is the coldest time in the whole winter, and people can still walk on the ice, which fully shows that the weather is very cold.

Look at the willows by the river.

On the fifth, sixth and ninth days, the weather has started to warm up slowly, and the willows along the river have sprouted slowly, so if you walk along the river, you can see the scene of willows sprouting, which shows that spring has come slowly.

Seven or nine rivers open and eight or nine geese come.

On July 9, the ice on the river melted, and on August 9, the weather was warm and the geese flew back from the south.

99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.

When 1999 was added to 19, the farmer's uncle began to plow cattle, indicating that spring planting began.