Is the winter solstice (65438+February 22nd) a western festival or an eastern festival?

Winter solstice, also known as "Winter Festival" and "Happy Winter", is one of the 24 solar terms in the summer calendar. Traditionally, winter solstice and half moon are festivals with strong festive atmosphere. On the winter solstice, the night in the northern hemisphere is the longest and the day is the shortest, so it is also called "long to" (the night is as long as or the day is as short as). The night before winter solstice is called "winter solstice night". The solstice in winter is the first day of nine cold days. As the saying goes, "winter solstice meets nine days", and from winter solstice, it enters the "number of nine days" In ancient times, the solar terms from the winter solstice were the starting point for calculating the 24 solar terms. Because the winter solstice festival was once an important festival after the New Year, it is also commonly known as the "Asian New Year". There is a folk saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year, which means that the custom of winter solstice is as grand as celebrating the New Year and the Spring Festival. Winter is also called Xinyi Festival, Ruzheng Festival, Happy Winter, Winter Festival, Eliminating Cold Festival, Yang Festival, Walking Dragon Festival and Off-year Festival. In the traditional theory of yin-yang and five elements, the winter solstice is the key solar term for the transformation of yin and yang. In the twelfth year, divination is a complicated divination in a mine, which is called the winter solstice. Yi Fu divination said: "The thunder is underground, and it will recover. The late king and even the Japanese closed their doors to the outside world, so business travel was no good, and it was hopeless afterwards. This day symbolizes the death of the sun and the complete stop of planting. At the intersection of February 2 1 day and February 22 12, the sun is located at 270 degrees of the yellow meridian and points directly to the tropic of Capricorn. It is recorded in the History of the Later Han Dynasty and the Book of Rites: "Before and after the winter solstice, Jiazi settled down and lived quietly, and the officials refused to listen to political affairs, choosing an auspicious day and then saving trouble." It can be seen that the winter solstice has been a national festival since the Han Dynasty. At present, Macau is the only region in China that regards the winter solstice as a public holiday. A considerable part of Jiangsu, such as south-central Jiangsu, will call the winter solstice off-year. The solstice of winter also means that the old year will pass quickly.

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Because modern people calculate the western calendar widely and easily, a few old people calculate the lunar calendar in the traditional way. Therefore, people usually keep the winter solstice diary as 65438+February 22nd in the western calendar. ^___^

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and farmers use it for farming. Since it takes days (the sun) to farm, the solar terms depend on the position of the sun.