Is the winter solstice important to China people?

Of course it matters. China people's solar terms are not and will not be available to foreigners. This is the "winter solstice" among the 24 solar terms summed up by China people for thousands of years and generations. China people's cultural heritage.

As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor of Heaven chose to hold a ceremony of worshipping the suburbs on the winter solstice.

From the winter solstice in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the legend of chasing epidemics was integrated, and there was a custom of boiling red bean porridge.

Song people paid more attention to the winter solstice than other festivals. The tenth volume of Dream of China in Tokyo (preface 1 147) records: "This festival is the most important festival in the capital during the winter solstice in November.

The winter solstice of the Yuan Dynasty, from Taishi Museum to the Palace, entered the almanac of the following year. The Prime Minister also led hundreds of officials into the palace to congratulate.

From the seventeenth year of Hongwu (1384), there was a three-day holiday from winter to Sunday. To celebrate.