"Winter solstice"It is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms.
The winter solstice is generally on December 21 to December 23 in the Gregorian calendar. On the day of the winter solstice, the sunlight hits the Tropic of Capricorn directly, and the sunlight is the most inclined to the northern hemisphere, and the solar altitude angle is the smallest, which is the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere.
Because"Winter solstice"There is no fixed day, so it and Qingming are called"Liveknot"。The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals, which is regarded as a big festival in winter, and there is a ** of "the winter solstice is as big as the year" in ancient folk.
This year's winter solstice falls on December 22, which is the shortest day and longest night of the year, which means that after this day, the days will slowly become longer and the nights will slowly become shorter.
The origin of the winter solstice:
The gap between the lunar and solar calendars. In ancient times, people believed that the day of the winter solstice was the natural transformation of yin and yang, and everyone had to hold a winter ceremony, and in the Tang and Song dynasties, they also needed to worship the sky and worship their ancestors on the day of the winter solstice.
Winter solstice customs:
Eat dumplings. In the south, there is the custom of eating glutinous rice balls and glutinous rice cakes;In the north, after the winter solstice, most families, whether poor or rich, choose to eat dumplings. Because wontons mean regulating yin and yang, in the north, there is also a custom of eating wontons on the day of the winter solstice.
Overall, the Winter Solstice Festival is a festival full of rituals, whether it is eating dumplings or eating wontons, it contains people's awe and gratitude for the day of the winter solstice.
The ninth day of the winter solstice begins
The temperature on the day of the winter solstice is not the lowest, and the real cold winter is after the winter solstice. Folk put"Winter solstice"called"Handed over nine"or"Number nine", i.e. from"Winter solstice"From this day onwards, one is held every nine days"Nine", divided into 9 in total"Nine"After 81 days, spring begins.
Number ninety-nine"The most representative slip is:
1929 didn't make a move, 3949 went on the ice.
Five-nine-six-nine along the river to see the willows, seventy-nine rivers open ** geese, ninety-nine plus nine-nine ploughing cattle everywhere.
It's here"Thirty-nine"Before and after, the ground has the least amount of heat, and the weather is the coldest, so it is said"Cold in Sanjiu"Sky. It's here"Ninety-nine"It's already in January and February, and spring has begun in most parts of our country, so there is"Ninety-nine sunny days"said.
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