What are the fairy tales about the winter solstice?

1, the legend of nuwa and the crossing of winter solstice

According to legend, Nu Wa used yellow mud as a human being. On the solstice of winter, the weather gets cold, and the ears of loess people are frozen off. She made a small hole in each loess man's ear, passed it through with a thread, tied one end, and stuffed it into the loess man's mouth for him to bite, so that his ear wouldn't freeze. Later generations wrapped jiaozi in the shape of an ear on the winter solstice festival, which means that the loess people made by Nuwa bit their ears with stuffing to avoid being frozen off.

2. The legend of eating red beans and glutinous rice

According to legend, there was a man named Gong in ancient times. He had a son with bad conduct, which harmed his neighbors and finally died on the solstice of winter. After his death, he became an epidemic ghost again. Every winter solstice, he came out to harm the people. But he has a shortcoming, that is, he is most afraid of red beans. Therefore, people cook red beans and glutinous rice on the solstice in winter to drive away epidemic ghosts, eliminate disasters and take refuge.

Variation of winter solstice

The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term in the "24 solar terms", and the solar calendar reaches 270 degrees. Every year, the festival is held on 65438+February 2 1-23 in the Gregorian calendar. The solstice in winter is the extreme point of direct sunlight spreading to the south. From winter to the sun, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere, and the solar 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.