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Common expressions of winter solstice

Introduce three sentences, mainly because I don't know much, please forgive me.

1, in the first place in winter, the cattle released were sold; Winter is at the waist, freezing cats to death; It's winter, and it's freezing.

2, sunny winter solstice, it rains every year.

3. It is dark from winter to the sun, and the New Year is rare; The winter solstice is sparse, and the New Year is black.

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.

The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In the north of China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi and glutinous rice balls every winter to Sunday.