The solstice in winter means a year.

"The winter solstice is as big as a year" means that the winter solstice is second only to China's New Year.

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 commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon Solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year Festival". The Winter Solstice Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been passed down to this day. Ting Anne Lu records that the winter solstice is as big as a year.

On the solstice of winter, the north eats wonton to celebrate the festival, while the south eats dumplings. Hong Kong is even more "no chicken, no banquet". The day before the winter solstice, also known as "twigs", every household pounded rice into dumplings and ate them around the table as a reunion of the winter solstice. After the solstice of winter, a new year will come.

Because the winter solstice is not fixed on a certain day, it is called "live festival" like Qingming. As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had determined the winter solstice by observing the sun through the soil, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms. The time is between 0 and 23 in Gregorian calendar 65438+February 265438. In ancient China, people attached great importance to the winter solstice and thought it was a big festival, so there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year, that is, the celebration custom of the winter solstice was similar to the Spring Festival.