2023 Winter Solstice Timetable

The Winter Solstice Festival in 2023 is 65438+ 1 1: 23 on February 22, 2023 in Gregorian calendar, and the year of the lunar new year 1 1 month 10 on Friday.

The winter solstice is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms, and the longitude of the sun reaches 270. In China, the winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night, so it was called "short day" in ancient times. The ancients believed that when the cathode arrived, the yang began to grow, the sun went south, the day was short and the shadow was long, so it was called "winter solstice", which is also commonly known as "winter solstice", "long festival" and "sub-year"

One of the twenty-four solar terms of the winter solstice and one of the eight astronomical solar terms, opposite to the summer solstice. Since the Xia Dynasty, people have regarded the winter solstice as the starting point of solar terms, the beginning of a year and the flood season of life germination. According to the legend of China, the Winter Solstice is the New Year's Day of the Zhou Dynasty in history, a very important solar term and a traditional festival of the China lunar calendar. Until now, there are still many places where the custom of the Winter Solstice Festival remains.

The custom of the winter solstice festival

As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China has used the earth to observe the sun to determine the winter solstice, which is the earliest of the 24 solar terms. The sun starts when it reaches 270 degrees of the yellow meridian, and the time is between 65438+February 2 1 or 23. During the winter solstice, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, which has existed for many years.

Although many people no longer believe in God, this custom has remained. Every family will prepare some sacrifices and make sacrifices on this day. There are many rules when offering sacrifices, which are quite grand. During the winter solstice, people in different areas will eat some local special foods. For example, jiaozi usually eats in the northeast, pumpkin pie in Hefei, glutinous rice balls in Chaoshan, and some mutton soup in Tengzhou.