Which is both a solar term and a festival?

Among the 24 solar terms in China, it is both a solar term and a traditional festival. A * * * has two: one is Qingming and the other is the winter solstice.

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day (Youth Day). Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the most important festivals in China. Sacrifice is the core activity of this festival, which is usually held from April 5 to 7 in the Gregorian calendar. Since ancient times, China people have been polite and respectful to their ancestors, and they are also cautious in their pursuit of the future. Therefore, during his stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the tradition of Spring Festival gradually formed.

Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, various commemorative activities are held in various places to remember the revolutionary ancestors, to commemorate the war heroes and to strengthen the traditional education of patriotism. Among the people, there are many important customs and habits, such as hiking, sweeping graves and offering sacrifices to ancestors, which have been passed down for thousands of years.

2. Winter solstice festival. Winter solstice, commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon Solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year", is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar and a major traditional festival of the Chinese nation. As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had observed the sun with the earth and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms.

In the north of China, the custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice has been circulated since ancient times. "When the winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi"; In the south, they eat jiaozi. Although dietary customs vary from place to place, eating jiaozi is the most common.

The origin of the twenty-four solar terms:

"Twenty-four solar terms" is the product of ancient farming civilization. It is a special festival in the trunk calendar to express the change of natural rhythm and establish "December" (month). "Twenty-four solar terms" and "December" are the basic contents of the elephant trunk calendar. The twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to the changes of stars. The Big Dipper consists of seven stars, including Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Celestial Pole, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang. It is named after the twists and turns of the Big Dipper.

The Big Dipper is an important astrological sign in the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere), and the natural rhythm of the corresponding area in the northern hemisphere is gradually changing when the stars change, so it has become the basis for the ancients to judge the change of solar terms, that is, the so-called "bucket handle refers to the east, and the world is spring; Guide to barrel handle, it's summer in the world; Bucket handle refers to the west, and the world is autumn; Bucket handle refers to the north, and the world is winter. ". Because the 24 solar terms are determined by the rotation direction of Beidou bucket handle, this calendar is also called "ephemeris".

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-the origin of the 24 solar terms.