What's the difference between a big winter and a small winter?

1, the time is different: the winter refers to the winter solstice, that is, the lunar calendar 165438+ 10/8, and the small winter is the day before the winter, that is, the lunar calendar 1 1.07.

2. Festival significance: Winter is the Day of the Dead and a happy day. Xiaodong is a ghost festival, a day to worship ancestors.

3. Winter solstice: also known as solstice, winter festival, sub-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.