In which direction does the bucket handle of the Big Dipper point from the winter solstice?

On the solstice of winter, bucket handle and the Big Dipper point to the north.

If we observe the Big Dipper on the night of winter solstice, we will find that the Big Dipper on the winter solstice is on our right hand side, that is, in the northeast of Polaris, and bucket handle points due north.

It should be noted that the three stars Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang on the bucket handle of the Big Dipper are not arranged in a straight line, and the directions indicated by the three stars in a straight line can only be roughly estimated. Therefore, the handle of the barrel from winter to the sun points to the north, and it is only estimated by the eyes.

For us, if we can see the bucket handle of the Big Dipper on the winter night of solstice, we can have an impression that bucket handle points due north, and then we can judge the direction of bucket handle according to this impression.

According to the pipe? Cycle: bucket handle refers to the east, and the world is spring; Bucket handle guide, the world is summer; Bucket handle refers to the west, and the world is autumn; The barrel handle refers to the north, and it is winter all over the world. When the barrel handle points due north from winter to the sun, it is seven boarding houses in the east, arranged in the night sky due north: corner, sound, rafter, room, heart, tail and dustpan. Although people can't see all the seven boarding houses in the east, we can know by calculation that it is the middle boarding house facing the north of Polaris.

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also 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.