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Is the sun from winter solstice the southernmost day?

The sun on the solstice in winter is the southernmost day.

The winter solstice is the limit of the sun's southward travel, and the height of the sun in the northern hemisphere is the smallest on this day. On the solstice of winter, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most biased towards the northern hemisphere. The solstice in winter is the turning point of the sun's southward movement. After this day, I went back. The direct point of the sun moved northward from the tropic of Capricorn, and the days in the northern hemisphere became longer day by day.

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Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival and sub-year-old, has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.

The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice has the shortest day and the longest night. The farther north, the shorter the day. Although the days from winter solstice are short, the temperature from winter solstice is not the lowest; It won't be very cold before the winter solstice, because there is still "accumulated heat" on the surface, and the real cold winter is after the winter solstice.

Due to the great differences in climate in different parts of China, the climatic characteristics of this day are obviously late for most parts of China. The winter solstice marks the beginning of the cold season, and people begin to count nine to calculate the cold days.

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