Is the solstice in winter a traditional festival?

No. In the Yin Dynasty, the year ended on the day before the winter solstice, and the last 24 solar terms were headed by the winter solstice. Therefore, there is a folk proverb in China that the solstice in winter is as big as a year.

The winter solstice first indicates that the year is coming. When the winter solstice comes, the New Year is just around the corner, so the ancients thought that the winter solstice was as important as the New Year. The second is to show the importance of the winter solstice. The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival to worship ancestors.

In the winter solstice festival, due to the solar term "the sun shines on the winter solstice and the sun shines on the heavens and the earth", the ancients thought that since the winter solstice, the sun shines on the heavens and the earth, so the ancients regarded the winter solstice as an auspicious day, and sacrificed gods and ancestors in the winter solstice, forming a festival custom.

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According to Xiongxian Annals in the early years of the Republic of China, traditional China people would erect eight-foot table trees in winter solstice to test the flood and drought in the coming year. There was also a criterion for judging flood and drought in the Han Dynasty, that is, "water comes when you enter, and drought comes when you retreat."

In addition, China people will observe the changes of clouds and gases at sunrise and sunset from winter to day, and judge the weather during the Spring Festival by predicting the wind, rain and sunshine. Zhejiang agricultural proverb says: "The winter solstice is sunny and the year is rotten, and the winter solstice is sunny and the New Year is sloppy." It means that there will be no rain and snow on the solstice in winter, but it will rain and snow in the Spring Festival, making the road slippery and muddy; or vice versa, Dallas to the auditorium

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