What are the winter festivals?

There are six winter festivals: Rising Winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Little Cold, and Big Cold.

Lidong, a seasonal type of festival, indicates that winter has entered since then. The handle of the dipper points to the northwest and the sun's yellow longitude reaches 225°, crossing the festival between November 7-8 on the Gregorian calendar. Winter means that wind and rain, dryness and wetness, light and temperature, etc., are at a turning point, beginning the transition from autumn to winter climate. "Autumn harvest and winter storage", everything in the winter closed, winter is to enjoy the harvest, rest and recuperation season. Winter, is one of the folk "four seasons", in ancient times, some places in China will be held in the winter rituals, banquets and other activities, as an important festival to celebrate.

Snow, is the second season of winter. It occurs on November 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 240° of the yellow meridian. The "Little Snow" is a festival that reflects the characteristics of the climate. The festival of light snow and the weather of light snow is not necessarily linked to the light snow festival said "light snow" and daily weather forecasts said "light snow" meaning is different, light snow festival is a climatic concept, which represents the light snow festival period of climate characteristics; and weather forecasts in the The snowy season is a climatic concept that represents the climatic characteristics of the period of the Little Snow Festival, while the weather forecast of the Little Snow refers to the snow that falls with less intensity. The Little Snow Festival is a festival with a high frequency of cold waves and strong cold air activity. As the season progresses, northwesterly winds start to become a regular feature in large parts of China, and temperatures drop.

Daxue, the third solar term of winter. Daxue, Doo refers to the decalogue, the sun reaches 255 degrees of yellow longitude, the time of delivery of the festival for the annual calendar December 6-8 days. Big snow and light snow, rain, grain rain, small full and other festivals, are directly reflecting the precipitation of the festival. The arrival of the festival season of Daxue means that the weather will get colder and the amount of precipitation gradually increases. The most common aspects of the Daxue festival are cooling, rain or snow. The festival of Daxue is a climatic concept that represents the climatic characteristics of the period of Daxue, i.e. temperature and precipitation. The meaning of heavy snow in the festival is different from that of heavy snow in the weather forecast. In fact, the snow during the snowy season is often not as heavy as during the light snowy season, and the heaviest snowfall of the year does not occur during the light or heavy snowy season.

The winter solstice, also known as the day of the short solstice, winter festival, subyear, worship winter, etc., both natural and humanistic two connotations, both the twenty-four seasons in an important festival, but also a traditional Chinese folk festival. The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals, and it is regarded as a big festival in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year", which is why the ancients called the winter solstice "Yaxue" or "Xiaoyian". Winter solstice customs due to different regions and there are differences in the content or details of the custom. In some coastal areas of southern China, it is customary to offer sacrifices to ancestors on the winter solstice; in northern China, it is customary to eat dumplings on the winter solstice every year.

Small cold, the fifth solar term of winter. Dou refers to the son; the sun's yellow longitude is 285°; the festival is intersected on January 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar. Xiao cold, marking the official start of the seasonal winter season. Cold air accumulates for a long time and becomes cold, Xiao Han means the weather is cold but not yet to the extreme. It is the same as the Big Cold, Little Cold, Big Summer, and the first summer, all of which are festivals that indicate changes in the temperature of cold and warmth. The weather of Xiaohan is characterized by: the day is getting cold, but not yet very cold. As the saying goes: "Cold in three nine", because the winter "three nine" is also basically in the festival, so there is a "small cold than the big cold," said the method.

Da Han, is the last of the winter season. It is the last of the winter festivals, with the Doo pointing to the ugly; the sun's yellow meridian is 300°; and the festival is celebrated on January 20-21 of the Gregorian calendar. Like Little Cold, Dahan is also a festival that indicates the degree of cold weather. Folk proverb: "Little Cold, Big Cold, no wind since the cold." Big Cold is an extremely cold time in the traditional festival. In some parts of China, the big cold is not as cold as the small cold, but in the southern coastal areas of China, the lowest temperature of the year will still appear within the big cold festival.