When does the winter solstice in 2020 begin?

202 1 year starts from the winter solstice in 2020, that is, 65438+February 2 1 in 2020.

The number nine starts from the second half of June and the winter solstice of 65438+February in the solar calendar every year, which is a more suitable solar term in northern China, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

From the day of winter solstice, it entered the "number nine", commonly known as "cross nine", and then every nine days as a unit, called "nine". After nine "nines", it is exactly eighty-one days, that is, "nine out", and then spring blossoms.

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Jiujiu, also known as Winter Jiujiu, is a folk solar term in China. There is a saying "Jiujiu" in the China lunar calendar, which is used to calculate the seasons. The calculation method is from the solstice of winter (counting from the solstice of winter, which means the beginning of cold), every nine days are called a nine, the first nine days are called a nine, the second nine days are called a 29, and so on until the ninth nine days, when the number reaches 998 1 day.

In the traditional culture of China, nine is the extreme number, which is the largest, largest and longest concept. Nine nines is eighty-one, which is the "maximum" number. People in ancient China believed that after the solstice on September 8 1 day, spring must have arrived.