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What season did the ancients often use the west wind to indicate?
The ancients often used the word "west wind" as a metaphor for autumn. According to the so-called "five elements", the west belongs to gold, the west wind is also called "golden wind", and autumn is also called "golden autumn".

Explanation:

1. refers to autumn wind.

2. Refers to western customs and culture. : ~ spread eastward.

3. Metaphor decadent forces.

Extended data:

West wind, literally means the wind blowing from west to east; In Chairman Mao's works, the west wind has another meaning, especially the western powers headed by American imperialism. There are online games and songs with the same name in modern times.

Usage:

1. Tang Libai Long March: "From August, I want you to carry forward the west wind." The words in Chen Weisong's "Bai Zi Ling Send Zhou Qiuzhuo to Xingyang" in the Qing Dynasty: "The west wind is gradually setting in the east, and the old crow is crowing on the dead tree."

2. Metaphor is a kind of strength or tendency. Now it is a metaphor for decadent forces. The eighth time in A Dream of Red Mansions: "In family affairs, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind." He Jingzhi's "Great Motherland" poem: "Look at ghosts and gods, they are losing ground, and the east wind is mighty and the west wind is weak."

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-west wind