Can I have my hair cut during the winter solstice?

You can have your hair cut on the solstice in winter.

As the saying goes, "winter is short and thin, and New Year is rich." The winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. It is said that it is "celebrating the New Year in winter". As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the solstice of winter was considered as the beginning of the New Year. To this end, parents hope that their children will get a good haircut and greet the winter solstice with radiant faces, so as to pray for smooth sailing and rapid growth in the coming year. Therefore, there is a good saying about getting a haircut in winter solstice.

In winter solstice, although the sun is low and the days are short, the temperature in winter solstice is not the lowest in meteorology. In fact, because there is still "accumulated heat" on the surface, it is usually not very cold before the winter solstice, and the real cold is after the winter solstice.

Because of the huge climate difference in China, this climatic winter is 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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On the solstice after winter, the height at which the sun rises is not the yang spirit in the concept of "yin and yang". The solar terms from the winter solstice reflect the deviation law of the direct sunlight point on the earth's surface. The arrival of the winter solstice solar terms shows that the height of the sun is the smallest and the day is the shortest in all parts of the northern hemisphere, which is not the day with the highest concept of yin and yang.

There are different customs in winter solstice in the north and south of China, and through historical development, a unique seasonal food culture has been formed. Some places in southern China have the custom of eating and drinking in winter solstice. In most places in the north, there is a custom of eating jiaozi from winter solstice, and eating jiaozi has become the custom of most northerners in China from winter solstice. The ancients celebrated the winter solstice, which is one of the "eight major festivals of the year". There are many kinds of food in the winter solstice festival.

The winter festival flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and after the Song Dynasty, the festival activities of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods in the winter solstice prevailed. During the winter solstice in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperor held a ceremony to worship heaven, which was called "the winter solstice in the suburbs". On the solstice of winter, people will hold folk activities such as ancestor worship and banquets. At present, many areas still keep the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors from the winter solstice, such as Lingnan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, southern Fujian and other places, where people celebrate festivals from the winter solstice.