What are the meanings and customs of the winter solstice?

Significance of winter solstice: winter solstice marks the beginning of cold season. The customs of winter solstice include: winter solstice is as big as a year, painting nine pictures, eating jiaozi and so on. The winter solstice, with both natural and humanistic connotations, is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China, which is known as "the winter solstice is as big as a year".

The solstice in winter is the starting point for the return of the sun. Since the winter solstice, the sun has risen to a high place, and the days are getting longer and longer. The solstice in winter marks the rebirth of the sun and the movement of the sun back and forth into a new cycle. Therefore, the ancients regarded the solstice in winter as a "good day". Among the eight festivals in a year, the solstice in winter is as important as New Year's Day in spring. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

Historical evolution of winter solstice;

China's astrology culture has a long history and is profound. The twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to the changes of stars. In different seasons and at different times, the Big Dipper will point in different directions, which is the so-called "bucket handle points 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 it is winter all over the world. "."Twenty-four solar terms "is the product of ancient farming civilization, which is related to the time of gossip and has a long history.

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