Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Will beginning of winter continue to get shorter the day after tomorrow?

Will beginning of winter continue to get shorter the day after tomorrow?

The day after tomorrow, the early winter will continue to get shorter, while during the winter solstice, the early winter will get shorter and the night will get longer, and during the winter solstice and summer solstice, the day will get shorter and the night will get shorter.

On the solstice of winter, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most biased towards the northern hemisphere. The solstice in winter is the turning point of the sun. After this day, it will go back. The direct point of the sun will move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' s), and the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) will increase day by day.

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Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival, sub-year, winter worship and so on. 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 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. There is an ancient saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year, so the ancients called it "off-year" or "off-year". The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In some areas along the southern coast of China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.