When is February 29th?

The specific time of February 29 is from the tenth day to the eighteenth day from the winter solstice.

Twenty-nine days says that colder winter is coming. There is a proverb about winter that everyone knows: September 19, September 29, don't shoot. Three, nine, four, nine, walking on the ice. See the willows along the river on May 9th and June 9th.

February 29 is the solar term in winter, and whether it is cold in winter depends on the weather during this period. These songs skillfully use the phenological phenomena in nature and vividly reflect the law of weather change in the middle of nine years. We used to live in the countryside, when there was no weather forecast. We can only prepare for the future through the weather, and the weather is usually when we get to know each other. For today's young people know less about solar terms, so let's popularize the time of solar terms:

Nine is the calculation of working people's days. The cold in winter will affect everyone's mood. Working people need to prepare enough heating materials to spend this cold winter. The conditions used to be very difficult. Unlike heating or burning coal now, everyone can only rely on limited crops to keep warm. Therefore, in order to survive the long winter, the method of "counting nine" was invented for recreation, so as to pass the time and alleviate the psychological crisis under the threat of winter.

Especially the weather in the north, because of the geographical location, snow is common. Store food and replenish it in time. At that time, the traffic was underdeveloped. If there is anything special at home, you should prepare it in advance. It often snows heavily in February and September, and a layer of white snow will shine in the village. When the villagers wake up in the morning, long ice tendons will be hung on the tiles or thatched tips under the eaves. The first thing everyone does after getting up is to clean the snow on the roof in front of the door. "Snow is auspicious for a bumper year" means that the more it snows, the more abundant the crops will be in the coming year. Snow water moistens seedlings and makes crops grow sturdily, which is exactly what farmers' uncles expect to see.

Especially in the northeast, I can really feel that it snows earlier in Heilongjiang in the northeast, and it snows more than other cities in the north. Light snow is equivalent to heavy snow in other cities. Everyone put on thick cotton-padded clothes in February and September. Remember when I was a child, my mother made cotton-padded clothes and trousers. You didn't realize the cold brought by winter until you went to Heilongjiang, which was beyond your body's endurance. The outdoor temperature in winter belongs to the normal range. Things like ice cream don't need to be put in the refrigerator at all, just pick them on the ground, so if many express products are aquatic products, it is estimated that they are frozen into ice in Heilongjiang.

Therefore, solar terms are the wisdom left by ancient people, and modern people have always followed this method of life, which has become a jingle in children's mouths.