We all say it's cold in winter. Do you know when winter starts to get cold?As the saying goes, "The solstice of winter is not cold, and the solstice of summer is neither hot nor hot", and there is truth to this old saying. Because after the winter solstice, the cold wave and cold air frequently move south, and then the solar terms, that is, the last two of the 24 solar terms, are the small cold and the big cold. As you can tell from the names of Xiaohan and Shiba, the weather will be cold. Therefore, to say that winter is really cold, we should start with the solstice festival of winter. Today is December 21st, and the winter solstice has arrived.
Today is December 21 and the sun reaches 269 degrees, which is the day before the winter solstice. Tomorrow, the sun will reach 270 degrees, which is the day from the 24th solar term to the winter solstice, which is the time to enter the winter solstice, so tomorrow, December 22, is the day of the winter solstice festival in 2023.
We usually say that the solar calendar determines the time when the winter solstice enters the festival, and then finds the corresponding lunar time, but the lunar calendar has a dry time. The origin of Qiankun is because the months of the lunar year are different. Usually the lunar calendar is 12 months, with a total of 354 days. When there is a leap month, there are 13 months in the lunar calendar because there is an extra leap month. In this case, the time before and after the lunar calendar will definitely be different. In some years, the winter solstice falls at the beginning of the month, and in some years it is in the middle of the month or even at the end of the month.
During the winter solstice, there is an old proverb that says, "The solstice of winter is at the end of the month, and there are graves everywhere". What does this phrase mean?
The winter solstice is at the beginning of the month, and there are graves everywhere. "
What is said here is that on this day of the winter solstice, it is the beginning of the lunar month. It is a sign that the next year will be full of graves. Specific analysis:
The solstice of winter is at the beginning of the month".
The direct meaning of this sentence is easy to understand, but we have to look at when the "New Year" refers to. Generally speaking, the first to the tenth day of the lunar calendar refers to the beginning of the month, the eleventh to the twentieth is the middle of the month, and the twenty-first to the end of the month is the end of the month. It's the festive time for the Lunar New Year.
Tomorrow is the solstice of this winter. Today is the ninth day of the winter moon, and tomorrow is the tenth day of the winter moon. This day is the last day of the first month of the first month, and it is also the year of the first month.
The beginning of the month means that winter comes early and the cold comes early. People should also be prepared to withstand the cold.
Graves are everywhere".
We know that the grave means the dead, and the grave is a sign of extreme weather. The main explanation is that it is cold. Extreme cold weather can have a big impact on some people, who can't tolerate the cold and even end up dying. The fact that graves are everywhere here shows that there are many more such cases, which illustrates the adverse effects of cold weather on people's daily lives.
Is this a winter that has not been seen in 60 years?
Since the beginning of winter this year, the cold wave and cold air have not been broken, the rain and snow have fallen off the cliff, the north wind is howling on sunny days, and the weather is cold. In addition, this year is the year when the winter solstice is at the beginning of the month, so be prepared for the cold.