What is "counting nine songs"? What exactly does that mean?

Count to nine and then count to nine. 1929 Don't shoot.

Three, nine, four, nine, walking on the ice. Look at the willows by the river.

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

Ninety-nine and nineteen, plowing cattle everywhere.

The meaning of the number nine: indicates the cold degree of the weather. Although the climate in different parts of the country is different, it generally turns from cold to cold, and then gradually recovers the temperature. ? It has been a cold day in China since the winter of November.

Extended data:

There are many customs of "counting nine", among which "Jiujiu Song" is the most extensive and has a long history. These songs skillfully use the phenological phenomena in nature and vividly reflect the laws of weather changes during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period. As far as most parts of China are concerned, the weather was not the coldest when the 29th passed, but "1929, I can't reach it."

At the end of April 9, it was almost the "Great Cold" solar term, so we said "March 9, freezing cats and dogs". After May 9, the earth gradually rejuvenated and the weather gradually warmed from cold, so "May 969, look at the willows by the river; 7989, walking alone. " By 1999, it was already a "shock pad" solar term, so "1999 thundered for a long time."

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