What are some myths about the winter solstice?

Mythological Stories about Winter Solstice:

1. The Legend of Nuwa and Winter Solstice Dumplings

Legend has it that Nuwa made human beings out of yellow clay, and on the day of the winter solstice, when the weather got cold, the loess people's ears were frozen off. She then pierced a small hole in each ear of the yellow clay man, passed a thread through it, tied a knot at one end, and stuffed one end into the yellow clay man's mouth, so that the yellow clay man could bite it, which kept his ears from freezing off. Later on, every winter solstice, we wrapped the ear-shaped dumplings, meaning that the Huangtu people made by Nuwa would bite the ears with the thread "filling" and would not be frozen off.

2, eat red beans and glutinous rice legend

Legend, in ancient times, there was a man called **** Gong's, he had a son, bad behavior, endangering neighbors, and finally died on the day of the winter solstice. After his death, he turned into an epidemic ghost, and every winter solstice day, he came out to brutalize the people. But he had a shortcoming, that is, he was most afraid of red beans, so people cooked red beans and glutinous rice on the winter solstice to eat, in order to drive away the ghosts of the epidemic, to eliminate disasters and take refuge.

Changes in the winter solstice

The winter solstice is the "twenty-four solar terms" of the 22nd solar term, the bucket refers to the son, the sun's yellow longitude reaches 270 °, in the December 21-23 each year in the calendar intersection of the festival. The winter solstice is the extreme southward point of direct sunlight, the winter solstice this day sunlight directly to the Tropic of Capricorn, sunlight on the northern hemisphere is the most tilted, the sun's altitude angle is the smallest, is the northern hemisphere around the shortest day, the longest darkest day.

The winter solstice is also the turning point of the Sun's direct point of return to the north, after this day it will go "back", the Sun's direct point of return from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 ° 26 ′ S) to the north, the northern hemisphere (our country is located in the northern hemisphere) day will be increased day by day.