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The origin of the winter solstice

The winter solstice, also known as the winter festival, the annual festival and the long day festival, has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China. The finger of the bucket is the winter solstice, that is, the solar calendar reaches 270, which will be on the Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23.

The winter solstice is one of the eight festivals in a year. In ancient times, there was a custom of "eight festivals" to worship the gods and ancestors. The winter solstice is regarded as a big holiday in winter. There is a folk saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year, so the ancients called it "sub-year" or "off-year".

In some coastal areas in the south of China, the traditional custom of ancestor worship on the winter solstice is still continuing. In some areas of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice.

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The winter solstice is the shortest day in a year. After the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun gradually moves northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually lengthen and the nights gradually shorten. Therefore, there is a saying that "eating noodles on the winter solstice makes the day longer."

In addition, the winter solstice begins to count to nine, and the winter solstice becomes the first day to count to nine. As for "Counting Nine", there is a folk song that goes like this: "Don't do it in September, walk on the ice in March and April, watch the willows along the river in May and June, open the river in July and September, geese come in August and September, and cows go everywhere in September and September."

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Baidu encyclopedia-winter solstice