What does the mid-winter solstice solar term mean in 24 solar terms?

1, winter solstice, commonly known as "winter festival", was a very grand festival in ancient times. Among the 24 solar terms, the winter solstice is also the most important. The Winter Solstice Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been passed down to this day. The ancients believed that by the solstice of winter, although it was still in the cold season, spring was not far away. Everyone who goes out at this time will go home for the winter vacation, which indicates that there will be a home at the end of the year. People in Fujian and Taiwan believe that the annual winter solstice is a festival for family reunion, because it is a day to worship ancestors. Going out and not coming home is a person who denies his ancestors.

2. The date of winter solstice is1February 22nd or 23rd in the solar calendar every year; The date of the lunar calendar is not necessarily, but it generally does not exceed November of the lunar calendar. In Shangshu Yaodian, the solstice in winter is called "short day", because the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn on this day, so the day is the shortest and the night is the longest in the northern hemisphere. From winter to the future, the sun moves north, the days become longer and the nights become shorter.

The winter solstice is the year with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. After the solstice in winter, the days will get longer day by day. The ancients said this about the winter solstice: As soon as the cathode arrived, the yang began to grow, the sun went south, the day was short and the shadow was long, so it was called "the winter solstice".