When did "Count Nine" start counting?

Count nine songs from the solstice in winter. The winter solstice occurs on February 2 1-23 of the Gregorian calendar every year. From this day on, most parts of China entered the coldest time of the year. "Count to nine" is a verb, just like counting. From the winter solstice, the first nine days are "19" and the last nine days are "29".

Solstice is a traditional festival in China, the 22nd solar term among the 24 solar terms, and an important solar term among the 24 solar terms. The solstice in winter is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.

In winter solstice, many places in the south will celebrate festivals in winter solstice, and many areas have the traditional custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors in winter solstice. Every family will enshrine the portraits and memorial tablets of their ancestors in the living room at home.

Cantonese people will eat barbecue and ginger rice on the solstice in winter. On the solstice of winter, most Cantonese people also have the custom of "adding vegetables" to eat meat from the solstice of winter.

In some areas in the north, people are used to eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter. According to legend, jiaozi has a certain relationship with Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage. In the northern region, eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter also means "driving away the cold", and there is also a saying among the people that "the jiaozi bowl is not straight on the solstice in winter, and no one cares about the frozen ears".