When is the solstice in winter?

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. It is also a folk festival in China, which is very popular all over China. The time is 65438+ February 22nd in Gregorian calendar. The day is the shortest, then the day is long and the night is short, so there is a saying that it is sunny from winter to Sunday. Winter solstice means the arrival of winter, which has the shortest day and the longest night.

About the winter solstice night, it seems that different places have different habits and different views:

Statement 1: Winter solstice night, because winter solstice is sometimes in the morning (usually around 2 pm), then winter solstice night is of course winter solstice night.

Saying 2: The night of the winter solstice is the night before the winter solstice, just like Christmas, and Christmas Eve is the night of the 24th. Many old people say that they have been living in the night before the winter solstice.

Extended data:

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 elevation angle of the sun 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.

In winter solstice, although the sun is low and the days are short, the temperature in winter solstice is not the lowest in meteorology. In fact, because there is still "accumulated heat" on the surface, it is usually not very cold before the winter solstice, and the real cold is after the winter solstice. Because of the huge climate difference in China, this climatic winter is obviously late for most parts of China. The winter solstice marks the beginning of the cold season, and people begin to count to nine to calculate the cold weather (folk proverb: "The summer solstice is the third watch, and the winter solstice is the ninth watch").

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Solstice Night in Winter