What is the winter solstice of 202 1?

The winter solstice of 202 1 is 202 1, 65438+February 2 1, and the lunar calendar1/month 18, Tuesday.

The origin and custom of the winter solstice, which is a very important solar term in China lunar calendar. As a traditional festival, it is still often celebrated in many areas. As early as 2500 years later in the Spring and Autumn Period, the winter solstice was identified as one of the traditional 24 solar terms in China. The winter solstice begins when the sun reaches 270 degrees of the yellow meridian, and the time is about 0 to 23 in Gregorian calendar 65438+February 265438.

It is not fixed on a certain day. The Winter Solstice Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been passed down to this day. In terms of time, after the solar term of the winter solstice, the white sky is getting longer and longer, the sun is shining, and it needs to rest in peace, so there is also a saying that it is forbidden to travel on the winter solstice. It doesn't rain on the winter solstice in Hubei. People think that if it doesn't rain on the winter solstice, the next year will be early. There is a proverb that beginning of winter will watch the winter solstice without rain, and the winter solstice will be sunny without rain.

Local custom

Avoid swearing, quarreling and saying unlucky things on the winter solstice in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In some places in Yunnan, it is forbidden to slaughter on the winter solstice, and Dai Xiaoren is also forbidden to enter the house. Cleaning the floor inside and outside the house the night before the winter solstice in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province is called "sweeping the floor every other year", but you can't sweep the floor on the winter solstice. On the winter solstice in Huzhou, it is forbidden for old people and children to sleep late. It is considered that the night of the winter solstice is the most cloudy, and the old people and children lack yang, so they need to go to bed early to avoid it, otherwise it will be unfavorable.

It is forbidden to sweep the floor on the winter solstice in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Local people will clean the ground inside and outside the house the night before the winter solstice, which is called "sweeping the floor every other year". Old people and children in Huzhou should go to bed early. It is said that the night of the winter solstice is the time when yin is the heaviest, and the old people and children have insufficient yang, so they must avoid it, otherwise it will be harmful to their health.