What is the winter solstice in 2023?

65438+February 22nd, 2023 is the winter solstice.

The winter solstice is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms in China. It usually falls on the Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1 or 65438+February 22, and the winter solstice in 2023 is Gregorian calendar 65438+February 22. The winter solstice represents the beginning of winter and is one of the most important solar terms in China.

On the winter solstice, the sun reaches 270 degrees, which is also the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice is the second of the 24 solar terms. Before the winter solstice comes, the temperature will gradually drop and the weather will get colder and colder. After the solstice in winter, the days will get longer, the nights will get shorter and the weather will get warmer.

Winter solstice custom:

1, eat dumplings. Eating dumplings is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an indispensable food in winter solstice, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is also called "the solstice in winter". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older".

2. Eat jiaozi. In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "driving away the cold". So far, there is a folk proverb that says "no one will care if you freeze your ears on the winter solstice".

3. Eat barbecue and ginger rice. Some places in the south want to eat barbecue on the solstice in winter. On the solstice of winter, roasted meat becomes an indispensable delicacy on the table of Guangdong and Guangxi people, which means increasing wealth and age. On the solstice of winter, Wuchuan people have the custom of "eating ginger rice" on the solstice of winter.

Please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Winter Solstice for the above contents.