When is the winter solstice of 1988?

The winter solstice in the next few years is 65438+February 23rd. 1902、 1903、 1906、 1907、 19 1 1、 19 15、 19 19、 1923、 1927、 193 1、 1935、 1939、 1943、 1947、 195 1。

From 1988 to 2 100, there is no winter solstice on February 23rd, 65438. But the winter solstice is celebrated on February 22nd, 65438 or February 22nd, 65438 and 2 1 year.

Winter solstice, commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon solstice Festival" or "Children's Day". The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

The solstice in winter 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. 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 many areas, there are customs such as ancestor worship in winter solstice, and some places celebrate this festival in winter solstice.

The winter solstice is June 65438+February 2 1 ~ 23 in Gregorian calendar every year. It is worth noting that around the winter solstice, the earth is located near the perihelion, and its running speed is slightly faster, resulting in that the time of direct sunlight in the southern hemisphere is about 8 days shorter than that in the northern hemisphere in a year, so the winter in the northern hemisphere is slightly shorter than that in summer.

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. The ancients said: When the cathode arrived, the yang began to grow, the sun went south, the day was short and the shadow was long, so it was called "winter solstice day". The ancients believed that since the winter solstice, the sun be the spirit of heaven and earth began to flourish, and the sun be the spirit of heaven and earth rose, so the ancients regarded the winter solstice as an auspicious day and a festival to worship their winter ancestors.