Will 2021 be a drought year or a flood year in the north?

The year 2021 of the lunar calendar is the Year of Xinchou, which is the Year of the Ox according to our country’s calendar.

2021 is the Year of the Ox without Spring and Xin Chou

This also depends on our country’s lunar calendar and timekeeping. Our country has twenty-four solar terms, and according to the rotation of the earth, my country's lunar calendar is formulated based on laws. That is to say, based on the moon's waxing and waning cycle around the earth, it takes a month for the moon to go from waning to full, and then from full to waning.

The day of the beginning of spring in 2021 is the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month this year and the third day of February 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. That is, the day of spring in the lunar calendar in 2021 is in the twelfth lunar month. The beginning of spring in 2022 is the fourth day of the first lunar month in 2022, and February 4, 2022 in the solar calendar. In the lunar calendar year 2021, there is no beginning of spring from the first day of the first lunar month to the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, so it is called the year without spring, also called the year of the widow.

Rural proverb: "When the Year of the Ox is a year without spring, the long-term workers will never be idle!" This saying explains that if the Year of the Ox is a year without spring, the long-term peasant workers hired by landlords in the past were very busy, that is, It is said that there will be a bumper harvest this year. After all, in the past, large rural landowners usually hired long-term rural laborers for farming, and some also hired short-term laborers. This proverb also shows that the weather will be good next year and farmers will not stop taking risks. The main reason is that they will have a big harvest.

According to some weather forecasts, there will indeed be good weather and good harvests next year, and at least the La Ni?a phenomenon this year will be reduced. What's more, this winter has already seen heavy snowfall in many places in the north. The auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, which also reflects the snowy climate this winter.

There is a folk saying that "two dragons control the water, and eleven oxen plow the fields". This is a metaphor. According to legend, the dragon controls the water. Legend has it that there are 12 dragons that control water. If there are too many dragons, drought will occur. If there are too few dragons, floods will occur. If two dragons control water, the weather will basically be good.

In other words, there will be relatively abundant rains next year and the weather will be smooth. Even if there are many cattle at home, the cattle will still plow the fields. If they don’t listen, they will rush to harvest and plant.