What does heavy snow mean and what is the origin of the heavy snow solar term?
Introduction: The Great Snow solar term is one of the 24 solar terms, and different solar terms represent different meanings, and the Great Snow solar term is no exception. So what does heavy snow mean and what is the origin of the heavy snow solar term? In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the wind is no longer gentle, the sunlight is no longer bright, and the chill of winter has spread. Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for November 2018.What does heavy snow mean?Heavy Snow is the twenty-first solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in winter. During Heavy Snow, the snow falls heavier and over a wider area, and you can often see snowflakes falling. Every year on December 7th or 8th of the Gregorian calendar, it snows heavily. On this day, the sun moves to 255 degrees of the ecliptic longitude. At noon, the shadow is measured with a gnomon, and the length of the shadow is 12 feet and 4 minutes according to the ancient ruler, which is equivalent to 3.05 meters today. At night, the handle of the Big Dipper points to the direction of Hai, which is the northwest. This stage is generally in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, also known as the mid-winter month, the Jia month, and the Chang month.What is the origin of the Big Snow solar term?During the Great Snow solar term, the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 255 degrees. Heavy snow, as the name suggests, means a large amount of snow. The ancients said: "Big means abundant, and the snow is abundant here." During this period, the snow often falls heavily and over a wide area.At this time, the lowest temperature in most parts of my country dropped to 0℃ or below. Heavy snow or even blizzards often occur in areas where cold and warm air clash at the forefront of a strong cold front. It can be seen that the Big Snow solar term indicates the starting time and amount of heavy snowfall during this period. Like the Light Snow, Rain Water, Grain Rain and other solar terms, it is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation. The heavy snow season is divided into three stages: "The first stage is that cuckoos stop singing; the second stage is that tigers begin to mate; the third stage is that lychee trees emerge." It means that due to the cold weather, the cuckoos no longer sing; this is the period when the yin energy is at its peak, as the so-called "peak and then decline", the yang energy has begun to sprout, and tigers begin to show courtship behavior; "lychee trees" are a kind of orchid, which sprouts new buds when it feels the sprouting of yang energy. It is often said that "auspicious snow indicates a good harvest." In severe winter, snow covers the ground, preventing the temperature of the ground and around the crops from dropping too low due to cold currents, thus creating a good wintering environment for winter crops. When the snow melts, the moisture content in the soil increases, providing the moisture needed for crop growth in the spring. The nitrogen compound content in snow water is five times that of ordinary rain water, and has a certain fertilization effect on soil. There is a folk proverb that goes, "This year the wheat will be covered with three layers of quilts, but next year you will have to sleep on steamed buns as a pillow." |
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