What do you mean when you say that the winter solstice is as big as a year? The solstice in winter is as big as a year.

The solstice in winter is as big as a year, which is a well-known old saying of China. But the descendants of China hardly know why the winter solstice is as big as a year. The so-called "as big as a year" means that "the solstice in winter" is as important as "New Year". Therefore, the winter solstice festival is also called "off-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 time is 65438+February 2 1~23 in Gregorian calendar every year.

It is worth noting that around the winter solstice, the earth is located near the perihelion, and its running speed is slightly faster, resulting in that the time of direct sunlight in the southern hemisphere is about 8 days shorter than that in the northern hemisphere in a year, so the winter in the northern hemisphere is slightly shorter than that in summer.

Sacrifice to gods and ancestors from winter to sun, and then form holiday customs. According to legend, the winter solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms and the first of the 24 solar terms.