Is the winter solstice in 2023 the first day of entering the ninth day?
The winter solstice is the first day of the number nine. December 22 of each year is the first day of counting nine, from this day onwards, every nine days are nineteen, a total of eighty-one days, people call it "counting nine cold days". The arrival of the winter solstice means the beginning of the day of "counting nine", the winter solstice is the first day of "counting nine", as the saying goes, "1929 does not shoot", the coldest day of the year is coming.
Winter solstice time in 2023: December 22, so this day is also the first day of entering the nine.
Will the winter solstice in 2023 start counting nine?
The winter solstice, China's folk call "Jiaojiu", also called "number nine". The so-called "counting nine" is from the day of the winter solstice (or the next day), every nine days are counted as nine, and even counting nine nines, ninety-nine is over, which is what the ancients often said "ninety-nine cold". In traditional Chinese culture, nine is the extreme, which is the largest, most numerous and longest-lasting concept. Nine nines, or eighty-one, are the "biggest" numbers. The ancient Chinese believed that after the ninety-nine-eighty-first day of the winter solstice, spring must have arrived. It was in this way that the ancients survived the long winter in this way.
The day of the nine is actually the winter solstice, and the folk people in our country are accustomed to "counting nine" from this day, and every nine days is counted as a "nine". The first nine days are called "19", and the winter solstice is the first day of "19". The second nine days are called "Twenty-Nine". By analogy, there are a total of nine "nines", and after nine hundred and eighty-one days, "nine peach blossoms bloom", and the weather will be warm.
The meaning of the winter solstice.
The winter solstice signifies the extreme of winter. "To" means extreme, most. It means that from the day of the winter solstice, it will enter the number nine cold days. Astronomy stipulates that this day is the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and the coldest time of winter will come.
The winter solstice is the day when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and this is the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. After the winter solstice, the sun will slowly move southward, and the days will become longer day by day, and the nights will slowly become shorter.