When does the winter solstice in 2022 begin?

The specific time of winter solstice in 2022: February 22nd 15: 48, 0 1 sec, and the lunar calendar 1 1 Thursday, September 29th.

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China.

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Brief introduction of winter solstice

The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term in the "24 solar terms", and the solar calendar reaches 270 degrees. Every year, the festival is held on 65438+February 2 1-23 in the Gregorian calendar. The solstice in winter is the extreme point of direct sunlight spreading to the south. On the solstice in winter, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, which is the most inclined to the northern hemisphere and the solar altitude angle is the smallest. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest. The solstice in winter is also the turning point of direct sunlight returning to the north. After this day, it went back, and the direct sunlight began to move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' s), and the sunlight in the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) increased day by day.

Winter solstice custom

1, sacrifice

The winter solstice festival is also called the winter festival and the winter festival. It is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also one of the traditional festivals in China. There is a saying that "the solstice in winter is as big as a year", which has always been valued by the court and the people. Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been sacrificial activities.

Step 2 Eat jiaozi

Every year from the winter solstice of the Lunar New Year in China, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for the rich and the poor. As the saying goes: "On October 1st, when the solstice of winter comes, every family eats jiaozi." This custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine from the winter solstice.

Eating jiaozi from winter to Sunday is the kindness of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in Quhan Joule Decoction. Up to now, there is still a folk song in Nanyang, which is called "jiaozi bowl runs amok from winter to morning, and no one cares about your frozen ears." .

3, Jiujiu Quhan

After entering the ninth year, some literati engaged in so-called activities to cool down and keep out the cold. They chose a "September" day to meet nine people for drinking (the word "wine" is homophonic with "nine"), with nine dishes and nine bowls on the dining table, and those who finished the table used "nine flowers" to take the meaning of "nine nine" to keep out the cold.

99 cold songs: 19, 29 don't shoot; Walking on the ice on March 9 and April 9; From May 9th to June 9th, look at the willows by the river; 79 rivers open and swallows come 89 miles; 99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.