Is the winter solstice one of the 24 solar terms?

Hello, the winter solstice is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms. The solar calendar reaches 270 degrees, and it is celebrated every year on the Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23. Some northern regions, such as Beijing and Tianjin, eat jiaozi or wonton on the night of winter solstice. As the saying goes, "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodles." Folklore is to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Henan. He opened a medicine shed on the solstice of winter, wrapped mutton and medicinal dough, and made ear-shaped "pepper" to treat people's frozen ears.

Jiaozi won't freeze his ears after eating it. Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms and an important traditional festival. This is the shortest day and the longest night in a year. The winter solstice festival contains the richest contents and customs, so there are many aliases, such as winter festival, long solstice festival, short solstice festival, happy winter festival, Yiyang festival, and other titles, such as sub-year-old, fat winter and happy winter. Of course, the most important thing on this day is to worship ancestors.

Sacrificing ancestors is a common custom in many festivals in China, and winter solstice is one of them. In the records of national customs in China, there is a saying of "Winter Solstice Festival", also known as "Ghost Festival". In the eyes of China people, the significance of the ancestors' souls to the family can be compared with the strength of the God of heaven and earth to the country, and we should not be careless or neglect it. Sacrifice, whether in the temple at home or in the cemetery, is to offer delicious and delicious things to our ancestors as much as possible.