What does the solstice mean in winter? What's the point?

The winter solstice means: cold is coming, and the winter solstice symbolizes reunion.

Winter solstice means that cold is coming. The winter solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms, which originated in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the solstice of winter, direct sunlight reaches the southernmost part of the year, and the northern hemisphere gets 50% less sunlight than the southern hemisphere, and the daytime in the northern hemisphere reaches the shortest. Winter solstice is regarded as a big holiday in winter. There is a folk saying that winter solstice is as big as a year, so the ancients called it "sub-year" or "off-year".

Most northerners have the custom of eating jiaozi from winter solstice, while most southerners have the custom of eating sweets. The winter solstice symbolizes reunion: the winter solstice was considered as a very important day in ancient times, and people even called it off-year. Every year when we celebrate the winter solstice, we have to make a lot of preparations, and there are even many celebrations among the people, so the winter solstice often symbolizes reunion.

Important solar terms

In addition, among the 24 solar terms, the winter solstice is also an important solar term. Its arrival means that the days outside will be longer and longer, the nights will be shorter and shorter, the temperature will gradually drop, and it will gradually enter the severe winter. Winter solstice, commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon solstice Festival" or "Children's Day". Winter solstice is an important solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

The winter solstice is a "winter festival", so it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year". In ancient times, people wandering in other places had to go home for the winter festival at this time, which was called "having a home at the end of the year". In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice will bring the sun", that is to say, from the winter solstice, the spirit of the sun slowly began to recover.