Why don't you go on a long trip on the winter solstice? Is the winter solstice a ghost festival?

Why can't I go out on the winter solstice?

In some places, it is a superstition not to go out at night on the winter solstice. Of course, during the winter solstice, the temperature is very low and the weather is cold. If you can go back early at night, go back early to avoid freezing and hunger. It is certainly safer to stay at home at night on the winter solstice than to wander outside.

According to folk custom, Pangu opens the sky on the winter solstice. At this time, because the genius has just started, there is no head for all evil, and heaven and earth travel. So this legend has been circulated among the people. It is a superstition that you can't go out at night on the winter solstice. What are the taboos of the winter solstice?

1, go back to your mother's house on the winter solstice

In some cities in northern China, people think that they can't go back to their parents' homes on the winter solstice. This is because the feudal ethics of "three obedience and four virtues" restricted the daughter-in-law to too traditional customs. In the past, my daughter-in-law would go back to her mother's house after the autumn harvest, so there was a custom of going back to her husband's house on the winter solstice.

Although there is no freedom in modern society if it is strictly observed, if family members are particularly concerned about these traditional customs, as the younger generation, we'd better discuss them with our families in good faith. The winter solstice is a festival of reunion, and we must not lose harmony with our families.

Step 2 get married on the winter solstice

Generally speaking, it is not suitable for marriage around the solar terms. The ancients believed that the wedding date should be avoided from four days to the day before, that is, the day before beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter in the 24 solar terms and the vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, summer solstice and winter solstice.

The universe is in a state of chaos, which is considered by traditional customs to be four breaks and four breaks, so it is unlucky to get married at this time.

Usually, we are very cautious in choosing the auspicious day for marriage, so I suggest avoiding the winter solstice and choosing another day, which will better make our marriage have a satisfactory start.

3. Go out on the winter solstice

In the legend of the winter solstice, you can't go out or travel far.

Because the white of the winter solstice is the shortest, it is said that this day is the time when Tengu came to the world to look for the incarnation, so you can't go far, and don't wander around when it is dark. It is also said that Pangu opened the sky at the time of the winter solstice. At this time, because the genius has just started, there is no evil and the world travels. But now the city is brightly lit at night, and people often go home to work and study at night, which is also helpless and does not need to be too concerned.

Of course, if you can go home again, you can prevent colds and accidents at night, which is definitely safer than wandering outside at night. Is the winter solstice a ghost festival?

Many people will think that the winter solstice is a ghost festival. In fact, many festivals and solar terms with sacrificial customs will be considered as ghost festivals, but there are only three recognized ghost festivals in China: Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zhongyuan Festival (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month) and Hanyi Festival (the first day of the tenth lunar month).

The winter solstice is the year with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. The ancients said to the winter solstice: When the cathode arrived, the yang began to grow. Many areas have the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors on the winter solstice. Usually they go home early that day, because it gets dark early and the cathode arrives, so it is called Ghost Festival.