At the beginning of the poem, the word "Da Law" in the sentence "Han Xiao Da Lian Law" comes from the idiom "Huang Zhong Da Law" and refers to the twelve laws in ancient times. Huang Zhong and Da Lu are the first laws of Yin and Yang respectively. At the same time, the ancients also used these twelve methods to refer to the twelve months in the calendar, with the yellow bell corresponding to the sub-month, that is, November of the lunar calendar, and Dalu corresponding to the ugly month, that is, December.

The solar term "slight cold" is usually in the late November or early December of the lunar calendar, which means "slight cold and great journey" in the poem.

The first five sentences of "Magpies Build a New Nest" say that there are three stages of slight cold in ancient times: one is waiting for Yanbei Township (fragrance), the other is waiting for magpies to nest, and the third is waiting for pheasants to start living, all of which are about the activities of birds after the sun is the spirit. Geese began to move northward, magpies began to build nests, and pheasants began to sing.

Birds are most sensitive to the changes of yin and yang between heaven and earth. From the solstice of winter, the Yin between heaven and earth reached its peak, which is also the beginning of the resurrection of Yang.

The sentence "Don't blame me for being strict with me, meet in the first month of spring, summer, autumn and winter" means that although it is still severe winter, it is not far from the first month of spring. In addition to explaining the slight cold, it also expresses the poet's expectation for spring. Entering the slight cold means entering the twelfth lunar month, which really means that the old year is over and the new year is about to begin.

Poem "Twenty-four Solar Terms, Slight Cold December Festival" by Yuan Zhen in Tang Dynasty;

Han Xiaolu, Huan birds build new nests.

Picking up food to find a winding path, holding purple around the treetops.

The frost eagle is near the north, and it is hidden.

Not strange but strict, spring and summer are in the first month.

Translation:

In the solar terms of the slight cold, just like the head of the ancient "melody", "Luda" is playing. At this time, the magpie also noticed that spring was not far away and began to build nests. They always like to go to places where rivers bend for food, because it is convenient for them to bite branches and wet mud and then build nests around the treetops.

The geese began to show signs of returning to the north, and the pheasants also hid in the grass to sing. Don't complain that the weather is still cold and severe, because the alternation of spring and winter will happen in the first month soon.

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Brief introduction of the author

Yuan Zhen (AD 779 -83 1, from the 14th year of Dali to the 5th year of Emperor Wenzong Dahe) was born in Luoyang (now Luoyang, Henan), a famous poet, writer and prime minister, with his father Yuan Kuan and his mother Zheng. He is a descendant of Tuoba clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and became the first emperor of Tuoba clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Yuan Zhen was brilliant, resourceful and famous at a young age. He shared the same topic with Bai Juyi and became a lifelong poet friend. Both of them advocated the new Yuefu movement, which was praised as "Bai Yuan" by the world, and their poem title was "Yuanhe Style", leaving the world with an eternal story that "once the sea is difficult to water, it will always be amber". The sentence "Five Poems from Si (4)" means that once you have been to the seaside, there is not enough water in other places. If it is in addition to Wushan, the clouds in other places are not called clouds. )

There are 24 poems in Yuan Zhen's Twenty-four Poems of Qi * *, all in the form of five-character poems, forming a large group of poems. Each poem in the group of poems corresponds to a solar term, and the content mainly reflects the climate in the Central Plains, combining phenology and agricultural activities, supplemented by life and folk customs.

Because of its rich and colorful content, unique conception and simple and fresh language, coupled with the alternation of pictures, the blending of scenes and the change of phonology, reading his poems is like watching a picture with sound, making Twenty-four Poems a superior work of its kind in the future.

Slight cold solar terms

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term in 24 solar terms, the end of Gregorian calendar month and the beginning of ugly month. For China, it was around March 9th, marking the beginning of the coldest day of the year.

Slight cold is characterized by gradual cooling, not severe cold. However, the "March 9" in the middle of winter is basically within the slight cold solar terms. Before and after the "March 9th", the heat in the deep soil was also exhausted. Although the sunshine and heat increased slightly, it still made ends meet, so the lowest temperature in the whole year appeared, and there was a saying that "a slight cold is better than a severe cold".

In this solar term, most parts of China have entered a severe cold period, and frozen soil and frozen rivers are called "several cold days".

Slight cold custom

It is said that in the early years, every farmer in the Yellow River valley used the "Cold Map of 1999" to avoid the cold and keep fit.

The relief picture of 99 cold shows the double hook red calligraphy "weeping willows and cherishing spring phoenix in front of the pavilion", all of which are traditional Chinese characters with nine strokes * * * 998 1 stroke per word. From the solstice of winter, fill in a stroke order every day, and fill in a word every September, until the spring returns to the earth after September, a relief map of the cold land in September is completed.

The slight cold solar term coincides with the cold of March 9, so the folk custom of "Painting Nine" is closely related to the slight cold solar term. Count to nine, calligraphy is red, which can not only dispel the cold, but also be a good way to keep in good health in winter.

Ninety-nine days are arranged according to the principle of the length of sun exposure in astronomy. The "99 Cold Current Map" made by the ancient Nine Factors also means to bid farewell to winter and welcome spring. It can not only calculate time, make calendars and phenological calendars, but also be exquisite decorative paintings, so it has been circulated for a long time.

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