The difference between winter solstice and severe cold. Which is colder, the severe cold or the winter solstice?

With the impact of modern civilization, many people have lost their understanding and concern about traditional solar terms. Great cold is a very important solar term in winter, and so is the winter solstice. What's the difference between severe cold and winter solstice?

The difference between severe cold days and winter solstice days

Different times

Winter Solstice

20 18 winter solstice time: February 22 16:22:38, lunar calendar 1 1 8+16.

Winter solstice, the 22nd solar term of the 24 solar terms, is between June 65438+February 2 1-23 in the solar calendar. On this day, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, which is the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere.

Cold weather

20 18 severe cold time: 65438+1October 20th1:08: 58, lunar calendar 2065438+20071February 4th.

The Great Cold, the last of the 24 solar terms, occurs around 65438+1October 20th in the solar calendar every year, when the sun reaches 300 degrees of the Yellow Meridian.

Different phenology

Winter Solstice

Three stages of winter solstice: one stage of earthworm knot; Two-phase angular solution; Wait for the spring to move.

The first stage is that earthworm is a creature that bends yin and stretches yang. Although the yang has increased, the yin is still very strong. Earthworms in the soil are still curled up during the winter solstice, which means that the winter solstice is relatively cold.

The second stage means that the ancient people thought that the dense angle faced the afterlife, so it was cloudy, while the winter solstice was sunny, and the dense angle gradually receded, thus solving the problem.

The third climate means that the springs in the mountains can flow and be warm at this time, because the sun is the soul of the winter solstice.

Cold weather

Three stages of severe cold: the first stage of chicken milk; Second, the symptoms of bird disease; Three times, moist and firm abdomen.

Waiting for a period of time means that the chicken can be hatched when the solar terms of the great cold come;

The second kind of weather refers to birds such as falcons hovering in the air for food, supplementing their body energy to resist the cold;

The third kind of weather means that in the last few days of the great cold, the water in the water area freezes, and it is the strongest and thickest, so children can go skating.

Different customs

Winter Solstice

Winter solstice is one of the important sacrificial festivals, and now there are many places to go to the grave to worship in winter solstice. In addition, there is a folk saying that you can't go back to your parents' house on the solstice in winter. It is said that it is not good for my father-in-law to go back to my parents' house on this day.

Cold weather

There is a folk saying that "it's another year after the great cold", so the customs during the great cold period have a strong "year flavor" At this time, it is the end of the year, and people all over the country are busy saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, sweeping the dust and cleaning up, and preparing all kinds of new year's goods.

Different dietary customs

Winter Solstice

The solstice in winter is an important festival. It is very popular to eat jiaozi in winter solstice in northern areas. There is a saying that "jiaozi bowls are not delicious in winter solstice, and no one cares about frozen ears". In the south, people eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, which means reunion and sweetness. In Suzhou, there is also the custom of drinking winter wine on the night of winter solstice.

Cold weather

There is a custom of eating cold cakes in Beijing one day. Lianggao is a kind of rice cake, which symbolizes good luck, peace year after year and promotion step by step. In addition, the great cold solar term happens around Laba Festival, so there is also the custom of drinking Laba porridge on this day.

What are the customs of the Great Cold Festival?

According to the custom of our country, especially in rural areas, people are busy removing old cloth, pickling new year's vegetables and preparing new year's goods every cold festival.

The cold solar term is full of joy and festive atmosphere, and it is a cheerful and relaxed solar term. Tail teeth originated from the custom of worshipping the earth god as "teeth". The so-called second day of February is the first tooth. From now on, every second and sixteenth day is the "tooth", which happens to be the tail tooth on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Characteristics of severe cold weather

During the Great Cold, cold waves frequently go south, which is the coldest period in some parts of China. The wind is strong, the temperature is low, and the snow on the ground does not melt, showing a cold scene of ice and snow.

Key points of health preservation in severe cold

Winter and March are the seasons when vitality lurks and everything hides. At this time, the metabolism of yin and yang in the human body is also quite slow, so at this time, you should go to bed early and get up late, don't disturb the yang easily, don't overwork everything, and keep your mind deep inside to avoid impatience and irritability.

Matters needing attention in severe cold solar terms

During this period, railways, posts and telecommunications, petroleum, transmission lines, water transport and other industries should pay special attention to taking measures to prevent severe weather such as strong winds and blizzards as soon as possible. Agriculture should strengthen the cold and antifreeze of livestock and wintering crops.