Chatting with friends regarding ancient wisdom, there is a saying called “Dry Winter Wet Year”, which in Shanghai becomes “Clean Winter Solstice Dirty Year”, which means that if the sun rises on the day of the Winter Solstice, it will rain during the Chinese New Year; otherwise, it will rain during the Winter Solstice , the New Year’s weather must be good.
My friend said that this year is the winter solstice, the weather is good, and there will be sunshine every day during the Chinese New Year. Is the ancient wisdom not effective? I said not only this year, but also last year. My friends are keen on environmental protection, so they say a lot of truths such as global warming and abnormal climate. I said, in my opinion, it was nothing more than “unpredictable circumstances”.
The ancient wisdom may not be effective every time, but it is not necessary to completely deny it if it fails. Maybe next year will be a “dry winter and wet year”.
Chinese New Year is like this, eating and drinking, meeting friends, talking nonsense, talking nonsense, not using wisdom, very comfortable.
A young British man working in Hong Kong enjoyed the Chinese New Year atmosphere very much. He said that Chinese New Year has so many customs and that a New Year seems to be very long. I said yes, the Chinese Lunar New Year takes half a month to pass, from the first day of the new year to the fifteenth Lantern Festival. When people talk regarding it, they will regard you as one of their own. If you share it with foreigners, they will regard you as an expert in China. He found it interesting and asked me to teach him some. Today is the third day of the new year. I said I can’t do it today, but I will talk regarding it tomorrow. He asked why, and I said that today is a red mouth, so it is not appropriate to say more. So he learned what “red mouth” is.
Li Chunen
