The old man's words passed down from our ancestors are not entirely so-called feudal superstitions. In many cases, they are also a summary of their experiences over the past thousand years, which also carry deep scientific traces.
For the new generation of young people who are deeply influenced by science as the truth, they sneer at the many old sayings and experiences of the past. The old feudalism made them "invincible".
Believe in science, science is the truth. This is of course a kind of cognitive correctness, but blindly rejecting the "old sayings and experience" is indeed a bit one-size-fits-all.
You should know that anything can be passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, and there must be "smartness". Moreover, some scholars have learned through analyzing old sayings and some old sayings that from the perspective of modern science, the scientific value in these old sayings is quite high.
For example, some experts point out that "auspicious snow indicates a good harvest" is very scientific. Check the 2023 calendar. Next year will be " leap February ". Regarding this, the old man said the widely circulated "rural proverb" in the title. If you savor the sentence
carefully, you will find that also contains a large scientific basis, and even contains some "knowledge points" in "natural science". So what exactly does this old saying mean?
Two springs and one winter
Carefully check the 2023 calendar and we will find that next year the lunar calendar will have two February months, and the lunar calendar is a unique time-calling calendar in my country. The sentence
title is a related rural saying about leap month . From a literal explanation, you can know that has one winter in the two beginnings of spring, and nine out of ten cow pens are empty.
means that this winter will be very cold, so cold that all kinds of cattle, sheep and animal husbandry will freeze to death, and one out of ten will be left.
: This winter will be very cold. On the Internet, there have been "various authoritative statements of , one after another, and it seems that the winter of 2023 will be colder than in previous years.
Combined with the climate of years with leap months in the past, it is true that many years with leap months have very cold weather. If you have a careful analysis, you will find that the years with leap February will generally be earlier during the Spring Festival.
For example, this year's Spring Festival is in January 2023. Judging from the Spring Festival time, this year's winter will continue relatively longer, which is one of the reasons why it may be colder in the winter of 2023.
Of course, whether winter is cold or not is a very huge climate system problem and belongs to the category of natural sciences. It only means that the winter this year is very long.
The reason why our ancestors said such an old saying is largely based on the judgment made from the perspective of longer winter.
In ancient times, winter itself was generally cold. Once the winter time was long, from another latitude, this winter would naturally appear particularly cold.
Cold and war
. The cold winter does have a great impact on the animal husbandry. In the special environment in ancient times, they did not have enough technology to create a more risk-resistant living environment for cattle, sheep and other livestock.
This is one of the reasons why when winter comes in ancient times, especially when large glaciers and small glaciers are invading the northern grassland peoples will go south after winter.
The winter is too cold and it takes too long, which leads to a large number of deaths of cattle, sheep and other livestock on the northern prairie. Without cattle, sheep and other food, they cannot survive, so they naturally have to snatch it from the people of the Central Plains. After all, death in battle is better than starving to death!
To be honest, one of the big reasons why northern aliens like to attack the Central Plains dynasty is that they can't survive.
The ancients had no weather forecast and no professional climatologists. In that era when they relied on the weather, they had to harvest as much crops as possible and preserve more cattle, sheep and livestock.
They must carefully observe the weather changes and summarize to obtain some necessary climate experience, and the reason why these old agricultural sayings can be passed down from generation to generation.
is because these ancient sayings can avoid some survival risks to the greatest extent. Of course, these experiences can also make mistakes, but from a proportional perspective, these ancient sayings are still worth referring to.
According to modern scientific analysis, it can also be seen that although cold weather is very unfriendly to cattle, sheep and livestock, cold weather is a special nutrient for crops such as wheat, rice, etc. They can nourish fertile land, kill pests and harmful bacteria, and allow crops to grow more and stronger in the coming year.
The impact of technology on climate
Of course, with the continuous advancement of technology, technology has changed to a certain extent the various impacts of the climate environment on humans and livestock.
For example, the old saying of title, of course, this old saying was a kind of wisdom in the ancients, but with the blessing of modern technology, the cold winter certainly has an impact on livestock, but under the technological means such as greenhouse farms, nine out of ten cattle pens will never appear again. At least technology can minimize losses.
In recent years, the country's support for agriculture and animal husbandry has become increasingly strong. Not only do it actively give farmers some technology, but it also helps farmers reduce risks through a series of methods such as tax exemption, subsidies, and research on high-tech products.
Moreover, for extreme weather such as super cold, relevant state departments will also provide early warnings, and even take the initiative to "proposal".
Should the old man listen to his words?
Of course, no matter how the times progress, it is always right to listen to the "old man's words" selectively. Their experience may include feudal statements or unreliable statements, but there are definitely some insights in it, which is an effective complementary and reminder for young people.
For example, the old saying often says that marriage should pay attention to "Good match, ". Although this old saying cannot be scored 100 points, it is definitely possible as a reference for young people on the road to marriage.
"Two springs and one winter, ten cow pens and nine empty." This old saying makes sense even now. Although we should put science first, we can use these old sayings as an auxiliary and a reference.
As long as we can treat these "old people's words" dialectically and take the essence and remove the dross, then the things left by our ancestors are also a very valuable cultural wealth, and will have a positive impact on our lives, work and marriage.
