As we all know, China not only has a long history, but also has a profound and brilliant cultural heritage. In the long river of history, people have created countless life experiences with labor and wisdom, so that future generations can learn from them, so that they can avoid a lot of troubles and troubles in life, and can correctly find the direction and meaning of life.
Among these rich and colorful cultures, some folk sayings and proverbs are one of them. This kind of language expression is not only simple, but also contains profound life philosophy and experience, and involves all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation, so it is loved by generations of people. There is a saying in it: ".The price of grain in the snow of the month is cheap, and the snow in the first month of the month has to beg for foodWhat does this mean, and does it make sense?
As the name suggests, the wax moon is the last month of the lunar calendar and the coldest month of the year. As for why the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is called "Wax Month", here is a popular science, in ancient times, "Lap" was the same as "hunting", that is, it was the month of hunting. As the old saying goes: ".Xia said Jiaping, Yin said Qing worship, Zhou used big wax, and Han changed to wax. Waxers, hunters, Yantian hunted birds and beasts to worship their ancestors.
In fact, snowfall in winter is very good for fields and crops, first of all, many pests can freeze to death, so as not to damage crops; Secondly, snow covering the surface of crops can play a role in preventing the invasion of cold weather; Third, when the snow melts, it naturally seeps into the ground, which is equivalent to irrigating the crops.
It can be seen that the snow in the lunar month is more beneficial than disadvantageous for agriculture, and the crops are protected and irrigated, which lays a solid foundation for a bumper harvest in the coming year. As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, and since there is a bumper harvest of grain, then the price of grain will naturally become lower. Although it is low, from another point of view, people can no longer worry about their livelihoods.
Then the snow is just the opposite of the snow in the wax moon, because in the wax moon, the crops have not yet grown, and in the first month they begin to gradually emerge, that is, the sprouts are born. At this time, it needs sunlight and a warm climate for crops to grow, but a heavy snowfall can damage the delicate seedlings of crops and even freeze to death.
Therefore, snow in the first month of the year is extremely unfavorable for crops, and in ancient times, it was an agrarian society, and people's lives depended entirely on agricultural production. Part of the main reason for ploughing is the weather, if the harvest is not good, then it will affect life, as the so-called snow in the first month of the month to beg for food.
Of course, this proverb is only relative to the ancient agrarian society, because the technology and production level at that time was relatively backward, and you could only watch the sky for food. Nowadays, this is different, with the cooperation of high technology, this situation rarely occurs, so naturally there is no such thing as this proverb. Because of this, when we learn proverbs, we must also have the attitude of removing the chaff.