When is the solstice in winter?

The time of winter solstice in 2023 is: 65438+February 22, 2023 1 1: 27: 09.

February 22, 2023 1 1: 27: 09 Beijing time ushered in the solar term from the winter solstice. The winter solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms. As early as 2500 years ago, during the Spring and Autumn Period, China observed the sun with the soil return, and determined the winter solstice.

It was called "short day" or "short day" in ancient times. The ancients believed that the winter solstice solar terms were the starting point for calculating the 24 solar terms in China. Because when the solstice of winter comes, the New Year is just around the corner. Therefore, the ancients believed that the solstice in winter was as important as the New Year. There is a saying among the people that the solstice in winter is as big as a year.

Today's winter solstice, there are many dietary customs that have been passed down to this day in various places. In many places in northern China, eating jiaozi in winter solstice means "dispelling cold"; People in the south of the Yangtze River like to eat glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter, which means "reunion" and "perfection". Some areas in the south, especially Guangdong and Guangxi, will eat barbecue on the solstice in winter, which means adding vegetables to add years.

Count nine from winter to morning to eliminate the cold.

The ancients believed that it took nine "nine days" from the winter solstice, that is, 998 1 day, before the cold ended and the earth began to warm up, so there was a saying of "counting nine cold days". During this period, many people's activities were restricted because of the cold, especially the entertainment activities were less. Therefore, in order to eliminate the loneliness and cold in the long time from winter to spring, people invented the pastime method of "counting nine".

Since the Ming Dynasty, there has been a folk custom of drawing the "Nine-Nine Cold Map", also known as the "Nine-Nine Map". People draw a stroke every day to count these 8 1 day, expressing a warm heart to welcome spring.

Among them, Sumeitu is a representative of poetics. Draw a plum blossom first, with nine plum blossoms on the branches, each with nine petals, * * * 998 1 petal, that is, eighty-one small plum blossoms, representing eighty-one days of "counting nine days". Draw a petal or a flower with a red pen or a black pen every day, and the petals will open nine times, and winter will go and spring will come. In ancient times, when officials went to court during the winter solstice, they also gave each other a beautiful gift with Su Mei's "Cold Map in September and September".

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