Our traditional culture has a very long history, of which the culture of the years is an indispensable part of our traditional culture. As the wisdom experience of the ancestors, the twenty-four solar terms embody rich national feelings and carry the cultural inheritance of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.
It is precisely because of the nourishment of traditional culture that our nation, and our civilization, can be passed on! And, continue to grow and develop.
The winter solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms, one of the most important days. In ancient times, people even regarded the winter solstice day as New Year's Day, and it was not until after the calendar reform that the Spring Festival became the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar.
Therefore, folk even have the custom of "the winter solstice is as big as the year".
As a summary of the weather and phenology of the ancestors, the solar terms have an important role in guiding the ancestors' farming. At the same time, they are also a benchmark for the ancestors to predict the weather.
Take the winter solstice day, the folk have "the winter solstice at the beginning of the moon, to be cold at the end of the year; the winter solstice in the middle of the month, no snow and no frost; the winter solstice at the end of the month, to be cold in the first month" saying. So, what exactly does this sentence mean?
It is also very simple to say, this is actually the ancestors through the arrival of the winter solstice day, to speculate whether the weather is cold or warm in the winter!
In the saying that "the winter solstice is at the beginning of the moon, it should be cold at the end of the year; the winter solstice is in the middle of the month, there is no snow and no frost; the winter solstice is at the end of the month, and it should be cold in the first month", the beginning of the moon, the end of the month, and the middle of the month refer to the November of the lunar calendar.
The winter solstice generally falls between December 21 and 23 in the Gregorian calendar. Although the winter solstice day is similar in the Gregorian calendar every year, but because the calculation method of the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is different, although the winter solstice is fixed in the Gregorian calendar for two or three days, the gap is relatively large in the counting of the lunar calendar.
Therefore, folk say that if the winter solstice is in the early november of the lunar calendar, then this year's winter, to be cold, is also at the end of the year. If the winter solstice is in the middle of November in the lunar calendar, then the weather is still relatively warm, whether it is snow or frost, it will not be too common.
If the winter solstice is in late November, then when it is cold, it will be in the middle of the month.
There is a similar saying in the folk, that is, "the winter solstice is at the beginning of the moon, and no clothes make people sad; the winter solstice is at the end of the moon, and no one knows." ”
It is said that the winter solstice is at the beginning of the month in November, and this winter will not be too cold; if it is the end of the month in November, then it is necessary to prepare winter clothes early, which indicates that this winter will be very cold.
In fact, due to the vast territory of our country, the gap between the north and the south is relatively large, such as "the winter solstice is at the beginning of the moon, to be cold at the end of the year; the winter solstice is in the middle of the month, there is no snow and no frost; the winter solstice is at the end of the month, to be cold in the first month" and other folk sayings, but also represent a certain place of the ancestors of the winter solstice climate prediction and summary. Therefore, this saying does not represent the weather changes everywhere.
Folk people also have a song of counting nine, "1929 does not shoot, 3949 walks on the ice, 5969 looks at the willows along the river, 79 rivers open, 89 swallows come, 99 plus 19, ploughing cattle everywhere."
This is how people calculate the time when the cold day leaves and the warm day comes.
Similarly, due to the different customs, climate changes, and even different dialects of different places, the Nine-Nine Songs will change slightly with the local conditions.
Winter solstice day, as one of the most important festivals in traditional culture, not only contains the folk customs of the ancestors, but also has a profound cultural connotation of agricultural civilization. Traditional festivals are the precious wealth left to us by our ancestors, and they are also the cultural background of a nation. Therefore, it is very necessary for us to carry it forward and pass it on!