Is the moon in winter the beginning or the solstice of winter?

Neither. Winter moon is a traditional calendar. 1 1 month in the lunar calendar is the "winter month", also known as Gu Yue, Changyue, late October and midwinter, and1February in a year is represented by twelve earthly branches, also known as "sub-month" as "Jianzi". Beginning of winter and the winter solstice are one of the 24 solar terms, and there is no connection between them, so the winter moon is neither beginning of winter nor the winter solstice.

As one of the twenty-four solar terms in beginning of winter, bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225, which intersects the Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year. Beginning of winter is a seasonal solar term, which means that it has entered winter since then. Stand still, build the beginning; In winter, everything will be collected in the end. Beginning of winter means that anger begins to close and everything enters a state of recuperation. Its climate has also changed from dry autumn to rainy and cold winter. After beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, and the height of the sun will continue to decrease at noon. In winter, northeast winds and north winds prevail, and the temperature drops gradually. Because there is still some energy in the heat stored on the surface, it is generally not very cold in early winter. As time goes by, strong cold air frequently goes south and crosses Nanling, and the weather is getting colder and colder. In the north, it is already very cold before winter begins.