What does "29" mean?

"Jiujiu", also known as "shǔjiǔ", is a folk solar term in winter in China. "Counting Nine" begins on the second day of "Winter Solstice" at the beginning of late February of the Gregorian calendar every year. When the custom of "counting nine" originated, there is no exact information at present. However, it was popular at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is recorded in the Chronicle of Jingchu of Liang Chaomu: "The number of winter solstice days is 9981, which is the end of cold." Count nine cold days, that is, from the solstice of winter, count nine every nine days until the ninety-nine of eighty-one days, and the weather will get warmer.

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Don't shoot in September;

Walking on the ice on March 9 and April 9;

59 and 69, watching willows by the river;

Seven or nine rivers open, and eight or nine geese come;

99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.

In other words, starting from today, we will enter the "29 th".

Every year, the winter solstice is the beginning of "counting nine", and the first day of the winter solstice is September 19, which is September 9 in total.

People often say "winter training" refers to the coldest days. The proverb "99 songs" goes like this: 1929 Don't shoot; Walking on the ice in 3949; Look at the willows by the river in 5969; 79 rivers open 89 geese; 99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.

Correspondingly, there are three volts in summer.