In ancient times, which solar term did the Asian Year refer to?

In ancient times, "year-divided" refers to the winter solstice solar terms. As the name implies, "Asian New Year" means "second only to China New Year", but in ancient China it refers to the winter solstice, one of the 24 solar terms. The name "Ya Sui" was recorded as early as the Three Kingdoms period. Cao Zhi once wrote in "Ode to Socks in the Solstice of Winter": "Welcome auspiciousness in the year of elegance and celebrate the road in Wan Li". Since then, the name of "Yasui" has been passed down to this day.

Introduction of winter solstice

Winter Solstice, also known as Solstice, Winter Festival and Asian New Year, has both natural and humanistic connotations and is a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.

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.

The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term in the "24 solar terms", and the solar calendar reaches 270 degrees. Every year, the festival is held on 65438+February 2 1-23 in the Gregorian calendar. The solstice in winter is the extreme point of direct sunlight spreading to the south. From winter to the sun, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere, and the elevation angle of the sun is the smallest. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest.