What does the solstice mean in winter?

The 22nd of the 24 solar terms is 65438+ February 20th or 22nd, 265438+; It means that winter is coming, with the shortest day and the longest night.

Winter solstice is a very important solar term in China lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is usually called "Winter Festival", "Dragon Solstice Festival" and "Asian Year". As early as 2500 years ago, during the Spring and Autumn Period, China observed the sun with the earth, and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms. The time of year is marked in the solar calendar. In most parts of northern China, it is also the custom to eat jiaozi and jiaozi on this day. There is a proverb: When winter solstice comes, we will eat jiaozi, and there are poems and films about this solar term.

The winter solstice is the year with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. After the solstice in winter, the days will get longer and the nights will get shorter. The ancient saying about the winter solstice is: when the cathode arrives, the sun begins to grow, the sun faces south, the days are short and the shadows are long. Therefore, some people say that "old Fuzhou people say that haircuts are done before the winter solstice" (3 photos). After the winter solstice, the climate everywhere has entered the coldest stage, which is often called "entering the ninth". There is a saying in China that "the cold is in the third day, and the heat is in the dog days". There is heavy snow in winter until recently, and slight cold in winter until later. The winter solstice is 65438+February 2 1 to 65438+February 23. [1] According to modern astronomical science, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn (also known as the winter-to-daily line) from winter to the sun, and the sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere, with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. After the winter solstice, the sun slowly moved to the Tropic of Cancer, and Taiwan Province Province also approached spring from winter. The days in the northern hemisphere gradually became longer and the nights became shorter. Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying that "winter solstice is sunset", which means that the spirit of the sun gradually picks up from winter solstice. In ancient China, people attached great importance to the winter solstice, which lasted for ten days in the solar year (New Year's Day). The solstice in winter is considered a grand festival. There is a saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year, and there is a custom to celebrate it. "Han Shu" said: "The sun shines on the winter solstice, and you are long, so congratulations." People think that after the winter solstice, the days become longer and longer and the sun rises. This is the beginning of a solar cycle and an auspicious day, which should be celebrated. The Book of Jin records: "On the winter solstice of Wei and Jin Dynasties, people from all over the world celebrated ... its appearance was not as good as that of Zheng Dan." Explain the ancient emphasis on the winter solstice. In China's traditional theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the winter solstice is the key solar term of Yin-Yang transformation. In the twelfth year, divination is a complicated divination in a mine, which is called the winter solstice. Yi Yue: My late king and even the Japanese were closed to the outside world, so business travel was no good. In addition, people have predicted the future weather according to the weather quality and the arrival order of winter solstice. As the saying goes: "the solstice in winter is at the beginning of the month, and it should be cold at the end of the year;" The winter solstice is at the end of the month, and the first month should be cold; The winter solstice is in the middle of the month, without snow and frost "(this is based on the arrival of the winter solstice, and it is speculated that the cold current will come sooner or later); As the saying goes: "the winter solstice is dark, and the new year's goods are rare; The winter solstice is sparse, and the New Year is dark "(meaning: if there is no sun on the winter solstice, the New Year will be sunny, on the contrary, if the winter solstice is sunny, the New Year will rain). [2] Solstice in winter

In winter solstice, different places have different customs. There are customs of slaughtering sheep, eating jiaozi and eating wonton in the north. In the south, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice balls and long noodles in winter solstice, while people in southern Jiangsu eat green onions and fried tofu in winter solstice. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in winter solstice in various regions. The winter solstice, also known as the Winter Festival, according to the traditional calendar of China, takes five days as the waiting period, three days as a section or breath, and a year is divided into twelve sections and twelve qi, which are collectively called twenty-four solar terms. This is the solar term used to study the date selection, which is based on the solar term of the lunar calendar, and the so-called lunar calendar is a combination of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, which refers to the twenty-four solar terms (the solar cycle is divided into twelve stages, and the solar term refers to the solar term). The lunar calendar is a pure month (according to the cycle of the moon), and the day falls on the 22nd or 23rd of February/KLOC-0 in the Gregorian calendar. In ancient China, the winter solstice was divided into three phases: "the first phase of earthworm knot; Two-phase angular solution; It is said that earthworm is a kind of creature with yin bending and yang stretching. At this time, although the yang has increased, the yin is still very strong, and the earthworms in the soil are still curled up. Mi and deer belong to the same family, but Yin and Yang are different. The ancients thought that Mi Jiao was facing the afterlife, so it was Yin, while winter was Yang. Mi felt that Yin was receding and the angle was dissolved. Because of the birth of yang, the spring water in the mountain can flow and be warm at this time. [3] Because the winter solstice is not fixed on a certain day, it is called "live festival" like Qingming.