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What is the sunshine time from winter solstice?

The winter solstice lasts six hours, that is, from 9 am to 5 pm 15 pm. The winter solstice is the longest night and the shortest sunshine time in a year. The solstice in winter is the natural transformation of yin and yang. People celebrate the winter solstice as a festival. In the north, people are used to killing sheep and eating jiaozi and wonton on the winter solstice, while in the south, people are used to eating dumplings and long noodles on the winter solstice.

Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival, year-ending, winter worship, etc., 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 is a custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice; In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.