What festival is usually called the winter solstice?

Commonly known as "winter festival", "long festival" or "year-old".

Winter solstice is an important solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is a "winter festival", so it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year". In ancient times, people wandering in other places had to go home for the winter festival at this time, which was called "having a home at the end of the year". In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice will bring the sun", that is to say, from the winter solstice, the spirit of the sun slowly began to recover.

The meaning of "solstice" in winter solstice

The ancients said: When the cathode arrived, the yang began to grow, the sun went south, the day was short and the shadow was long, so it was called "winter solstice day". The ancients believed that from the winter solstice, the world of yang began to flourish, that is to say, the next cycle began, and the world of yang rose to the winter solstice, which was a "good day"