Is the winter solstice getting longer every year?

Every year from the solstice of winter, the days get longer and longer.

Winter solstice is one of the earliest solar terms in China, which was called "short day" or "short day" in ancient times, and the time was basically between 65438+February 2 1 day and 22 days in the solar calendar every year.

On the solstice of winter, the sun shines almost directly on the tropic of Capricorn, with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. After this day, the sun gradually moves northward, and the days will get longer and longer.

The winter solstice is not only an important solar term in the China lunar calendar, but also an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Ancient people thought that the solar terms from the winter solstice were the starting point for calculating the 24 solar terms in China. There is a saying among the people that the solstice in winter is as big as a year. In Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty and Qin Dynasty, the winter solstice was designated as "the first year of the year"-New Year. The Han Dynasty began to designate it as a festival-Winter Festival.

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The most important folk activity of the ancients during the winter solstice was to worship winter. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there has been a custom of celebrating the winter solstice according to the custom of celebrating New Year's Day. Lu You said in Notes of Laoxue Temple: "It is the night New Year's Eve and the winter solstice, but we can know that the day before the winter solstice in Tang Dynasty is also called night exclusion."

An article in Old Wulin, which was thoroughly investigated, said: "The imperial court will celebrate the feast, just like Yuan Zhengyi, and it is most important for everyone to celebrate the winter. The horses and chariots are beautiful and fresh, and the nine streets and five drums are full. Women's and children's costumes are dazzling and the communication is like a cloud. Within three days, all the shops went on strike, just like the New Year. "

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the solstice in winter was a day to worship gods and ancestors. On this day, the emperor will hold a ceremony to worship the gods in the suburbs, and the people will also worship their parents on this day. This habit continued until the late Qing Dynasty.

On the solstice of winter, the days get longer and longer. Since the Han and Tang dynasties, ladies-in-waiting have used an extra thread every day from winter to the future. This is what the folks say, "After eating the winter solstice meal, the queue will become longer one day."

Since winter solstice, people often draw 8 1 petal on plum blossom, which is called "the map of' 99 cold'. If a petal is painted red every day, it will be "Jiujiu", so the solstice in winter is also called "Counting Nine".

The solstice in winter is the longest night in a year. Many people use this evening to make a "winter solstice circle" with glutinous rice flour. In order to distinguish it from "saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year" on the eve of the Spring Festival, the day before the winter solstice festival is called "adding the year", which means that "the year" has not ended, but everyone has grown up for a year.

The winter solstice in Qing Dynasty is also a very important festival. The annual New Year's Day, the winter solstice and the emperor's birthday are also called "three major festivals". During the Shunzhi period, the envoys sent by North Korea to the Qing Dynasty regularly asked the winter solstice envoys to meet the Qing emperor on this day.

In the Qing Dynasty, the winter solstice festival in Beijing was also very grand. On the fifth watch from winter to Sunday, the flag bearer will invite his cousins and close friends to gather in the yard and sit on the floor, offering "Heaven and Earth Code" or low table tablets, and offering sacrifices to the poles of Heaven and ancestors. After the sacrifice, relatives and friends sit around and eat "white meat", which is called "Shenyu". Therefore, Lu said, "Winter is as big as a year."

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