What season is the Three Kingdoms borrowing from the east wind?

According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind from November 20th to 22nd in the 13th year of Jian 'an. This time is the lunar calendar, which is roughly equivalent to 65438+February 22, 2008. It should be the winter solstice this year. The opportunity to borrow the east wind is just the ugly moment of the winter night on the solstice.

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 northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.