You can't go out on the night of winter solstice. Do you know why?

You can't go out on the night of winter solstice, because it is unlucky to go out on the night of winter solstice.

Legend has it that when Pangu opened the sky, the solstice in winter was the time of all evil, especially at night, and the yin was more abundant, so it was unlucky to go out in many places from winter to night. Winter solstice is a solar term, which begins in the cold winter. This time is often the peak period of influenza and cold. In many places, the temperature difference between day and night is larger during the winter solstice, and it will be colder at night than during the day.

So it's best not to stay outside, it's easy to catch a cold. The solstice in winter is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a folk festival to spread glory and sacrifice. Many places have the custom of worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves from winter solstice, and this kind of festival is often heavy, so it is best to go home early before dark after sweeping graves.

Winter solstice taboo

After winter, the white is getting longer and longer, so you must rest in peace, so there is a saying that you should not travel in winter. During the winter solstice in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, people should avoid cursing and quarreling, and should not say unlucky words, such as "death", "illness" and "injury", otherwise they will have bad luck. In Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, cleaning the floor inside and outside the house the night before the winter solstice is called "sweeping the floor every other year", but you can't sweep the floor on the winter solstice, otherwise you will sweep away your blessings.

In Huzhou area, the elderly and children are forbidden to sleep late on the solstice in winter. Locals believe that the night of winter solstice is the darkest time, while the elderly and children have insufficient yang, so they must go to bed early to avoid it. There is a folk saying that "the solstice of winter is not winter, and my father-in-law dies in winter". On the solstice of winter, married women can't go back to their parents' homes for dinner, but must go back to their husbands' homes, otherwise it will be very unlucky for their fathers-in-law (the above contents are for reference only).