Is the solstice in winter a traditional festival? Is the solstice in winter a traditional festival?

1, the winter solstice is not only a traditional festival in China, but also one of the 24 solar terms. On the solstice of winter, northerners eat jiaozi and southerners eat jiaozi. In some areas, the traditional custom of ancestor worship continues.

As a solar term, winter solstice is the shortest day in a year. After the solstice in winter, the days get longer day by day. People in China have the habit of counting nine. Generally speaking, after the winter of solstice, the third day is the last day. Therefore, people often say that the solstice in winter is the coldest day, which is actually wrong.

3. The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term in the "twenty-four solar terms", and the solar calendar reaches 270, which is celebrated every year in Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23. The solstice in winter is the extreme point of direct sunlight spreading to the south. From winter to the sun, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere, and the elevation angle of the sun is the smallest. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest. The solstice in winter is also the turning point of direct sunlight returning to the north. After this day, it went back, and the direct sunlight began to move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' s), and the sunlight in the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) increased day by day.