Is winter the solstice winter?

No, winter refers to beginning of winter (March 9th), which is the third nine days after winter on the solstice, about the middle and late June 1. The winter solstice is June 65438+February 2 1 ~ 23 in Gregorian calendar every year.

Midwinter: As a method to record the cold winter, Chinese folks divide the winter to 865,438+0 days in the future into 9 stages, with 9 days in each stage, which is called "Winter 99", which is also called "Nine Cold Days". Among them, the solstice from 0/9 to 27 days after beginning of winter every year is called "Sanjiu".

Winter Solstice: Winter Solstice (the node of Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23) is one of the special festivals in the 24 solar terms of the elephant trunk calendar, which means winter Solstice, that is, when the sun moves to 270 degrees of the yellow meridian (winter solstice), winter Solstice marks the arrival of cold winter.

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The origin of winter solstice:

The saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year" is widely circulated among the people, and the winter solstice is also called "off-year". First of all, it means that the year is coming, and the New Year is when the winter solstice comes. Therefore, the ancients believed that the winter solstice was as important as the New Year. Secondly, it means the importance of the winter solstice. The solstice in winter has two meanings: nature and humanity. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival of ancestors.

In the winter solstice festival, due to the solar term "the sun shines on the winter solstice and the sun shines on the heavens and the earth", the ancients thought that from the winter solstice, the sun shines on the heavens and the earth, "so the ancients thought that the winter solstice was an auspicious day, and the gods and ancestors were sacrificed in the winter solstice, forming a festival custom.

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