What is the day before winter solstice?

The day before winter, the solstice is called leaving the sun.

Working people in ancient China divided a year into 24 solar terms by studying the movement of nature and celestial bodies. The four solar terms refer to the day before the vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, summer solstice and winter solstice, and are called "leaving the sun".

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.

Extended data:

The winter solstice is the southernmost day of the year. After this day, the direct point of the sun began to move northward from the tropic of Capricorn, and the length of the day in the northern hemisphere began to increase gradually, and the height of the sun also increased gradually at noon.

It is worth noting that around the winter solstice, the earth is located near the perihelion, and its movement speed is slightly faster, which leads to that the time of the sun in the southern hemisphere is about 8 days shorter than that in the northern hemisphere, so the winter in the northern hemisphere is slightly shorter than that in summer.