Winter solstice date in 2022

The winter solstice in 2022 is on February 22nd, 2022 at 65438+5: 48, 1 sec, which is on the 29th of the lunar calendar1/month. 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.

The traditional custom of the winter solstice solar term is 1. Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in Jiangnan. "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 sweet potato soup In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the foods that must be eaten from winter to day. "Fan" and "Fan" are homophones. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the solstice in winter means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year. Tang Guo is similar to jiaozi, much smaller and without stuffing. Tang Guo is also called jiaozi, which means "reunion" and "perfection". There is also a saying in old Ningbo that "you are one year older after eating soup". People in Ningbo are used to adding wine to sweet potato soup. In Ningbo dialect, wine-making is also called "pulp board", which is homophonic with "sheng" in Ningbo dialect, taking its lewdness of "high fortune" and "high happiness" Eating jiaozi In many places in northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi every winter to Sunday. North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "dispelling cold". Up to now, there is a folk proverb that "on the solstice of winter, jiaozi bowls are improper and nobody cares about frozen ears".

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