Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - The winter solstice is long and the summer solstice is short. What do you mean?

The winter solstice is long and the summer solstice is short. What do you mean?

This means that the days become longer and longer after the solstice in winter and shorter and shorter after the solstice in summer.

Winter solstice is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms. Gregorian calendar 65438+February 21~ 23rd every year. The winter solstice marks the lowest sun height and the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. On the solstice of winter, the sun shines directly on the ground and reaches the southernmost tip of the year. The sun shines almost directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most biased towards the northern hemisphere. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, which means reaching the extreme. "The winter solstice is very long" means that after the winter solstice, the days become longer and longer.

Summer solstice is one of the 24 solar terms and the fourth solar term in summer, which falls on June 2 1 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. On the day of the summer solstice, the sun's direct position on the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly on the tropic of cancer, so the day of the summer solstice is the longest. "The summer solstice is very short" means that the days become shorter and shorter after the summer solstice.