Is there a winter solstice festival abroad?

There is no winter solstice holiday abroad.

The winter solstice is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is also a traditional ancestor worship festival in China. 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.

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The meaning of solar terms

The winter solstice is a solar term reflecting the direct sunlight movement. On the solstice of winter, the sun moves southward to the extreme, and the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, which is the place with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. From that day on, the direct sunlight point returned to the north, and the height of the sun in all parts of the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) gradually increased, and the number of days also increased day by day.

Since the winter solstice, the height of the sun has risen, and the day is getting longer and longer. The solstice in winter marks the rebirth of the sun, and the round-trip movement of the sun has entered a new cycle. Therefore, the ancients also regarded the winter solstice as a "good day". Among the eight festivals, the winter solstice is as important as New Year's Day in spring.

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