What is the meaning of the winter solstice festival

The meaning of the winter solstice festival is that the cold winter has come, so that we can do a good job to prevent cold pre-warming preparations, starting from the winter solstice, it will enter the proverbial days of nine cold days, the temperature will be lower day by day, the cold and windy days began.

"The winter solstice, also known as the day short solstice, winter festival, subyear-old, worship winter, etc., both natural and humanistic two connotations, that is, is one of 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, which is regarded as the big festival of winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year", so the ancients called the winter solstice "Yayu.""

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The winter solstice is the coldest time of the year, the experience of the previous generation said "snow is a sign of good fortune", meaning that the amount of snow in winter will have a direct impact on the next year's crops, compared to New Year's Eve, before and after the winter solstice weather conditions are more important! The first time I've seen this, I've seen a lot of it, and I've seen a lot of it in the past.

The winter solstice is also the most leisurely time of the year, in farming societies at this time of the year, basically no farming, the family can melt cha cha cha cha get together, and by the time of the New Year, winter to spring, spring planting has already begun, and therefore not so leisurely as the winter solstice.

Nowadays, some places still take the winter solstice as a festival. Northern regions have the custom of slaughtering sheep, eating dumplings and wontons on the winter solstice, while southern regions have the custom of eating winter solstice rice balls and winter solstice long thread noodles on this day. Various regions in the winter solstice on this day there is also the custom of sacrificing to the sky and ancestors.