Is the solstice in winter the New Year in China?

The winter solstice in ancient times was not the Lunar New Year, but the last solar term of the year. The solstice of winter is New Year's Day and New Year's Day. From this day on, the sun pulled out the gray winter, sprinkled a little sunshine on the silent land, and the thin light and shadow became brighter day by day.

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.

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On the solstice of winter, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn. The sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere, and its altitude angle is the smallest. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest.

The solstice in winter is also the turning point of direct sunlight returning to the north. After this day, it went back, and the direct sunlight began to move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' s), and the sunlight in the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) increased day by day.

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