When is the solstice in winter?

The winter solstice is 65438+February 2, 20231.

China astronomical calendar shows that the solar term "Winter Solstice" will be ushered in on June 65438+February 2 1 day, Beijing time in 2023. From this day on, China began to enter the "freezing weather" season, sometimes commonly known as "entering the ninth season".

Luo, a historian and researcher of Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said that the Gregorian calendar is around 65438+February 22nd every year, which is the 22nd solar term among the 24 solar terms and the 4th solar term in winter. Contrary to the corresponding "summer solstice", on the "winter solstice", the sun is almost directly on the tropic of Capricorn with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. It was called "short day" or "short day" in ancient times. After the "winter solstice", the direct point of the sun slowly moved northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually became longer and the nights gradually became shorter.

The origin of winter solstice

The winter solstice festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to this day. Lu even said that winter is as big as a year, which shows that the ancients attached importance to winter. People think that the winter solstice is a natural transformation of yin and yang and a blessing from heaven.

In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was regarded as the "Winter Festival", and the official celebration ceremony was called "Hedong", which was a routine festival. It is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "Around the winter solstice, gentlemen lived quietly, and officials refused to listen to politics, chose an auspicious day, and then saved trouble." So on this day, the court will have a holiday and rest, the army will be on standby, the border will be closed, and friends and relatives will give each other food.

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