After the solstice in winter, are the days longer or shorter?

After the solstice in winter, the days get longer and longer.

In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice has the shortest day and the longest night. The farther north, the shorter the day. The winter solstice is a solar term that reflects the return movement of the direct sunlight point on the earth's surface. On the solstice of winter, the sun moves southward to the extreme, which is the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere.

From that day on, the direct point of the sun returned to the north, and the sunshine in all parts of the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) became stronger and stronger, and the days increased day by day. The solstice in winter is the turning point of "South to North". For all parts of the northern hemisphere, the height of the sun has increased since then, and the sunshine has gradually increased.

The winter solstice is the beginning of the height recovery of the sun, which indicates that the direct sunlight movement has entered a new cycle. Therefore, the ancients regarded this day as an auspicious day.

Winter solstice custom

There is a custom of eating wonton on the solstice in winter. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Lin 'an ate wonton on the solstice in winter. At first, it was to worship ancestors, and then it gradually became popular. There is a folk saying that "there are wonton on the solstice in winter and noodles on the solstice in summer".

With the development of wonton, wonton has become a famous snack with many names, different productions and delicious taste all over the country, which is deeply loved by people. Wonton has many names, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wonton, Guangdong Wonton, Hubei Noodle, Jiangxi Clear Soup, Sichuan Wonton, Xinjiang Ququ and so on.