Will it get warmer after the winter solstice? Will the days get longer after the winter solstice?

The winter solstice is coming soon. Will the weather get warmer after the winter solstice? Will the days get longer after the winter solstice? If you want to know, let’s take a look.

Is it getting warmer after the winter solstice?

No.

The temperature will not rise for a period of time after the winter solstice, but will slowly drop, because the winter solstice is the day when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn. At this time, the heat absorbed by the ground in the northern hemisphere is less than the heat lost, but due to The heat accumulated on the ground is still dissipating, and the temperature near the ground has not yet dropped to the lowest, so this is not the coldest time of the year yet. After the winter solstice, the ground will release more heat and the temperature will be lower. Generally, the temperature will reach the lowest value of the whole year in about half to a month after the winter solstice.

Will the days get longer after the winter solstice

Yes.

The winter solstice is the day when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun's rays are most tilted toward the northern hemisphere and the sun's altitude angle is the smallest. Therefore, it is the day with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. After the winter solstice, as the sun shines directly toward Moving north, the days in the Northern Hemisphere will slowly become longer. Similarly, the winter solstice is the day with the lowest day and shortest night in the southern hemisphere. After the winter solstice, the day time in the southern hemisphere will gradually shorten.

Do you start counting nine after the winter solstice?

Yes.

Numbering nine is a folk method used to calculate the dates of cold weather and spring flowers. Starting from the winter solstice on Renri, every nine days is counted as a "nine", and so on. In traditional culture, nine is the number of extremes, the number of "perfect yang" and the greatest number. The accumulation of "the number of perfect yang" means that the yin energy is decreasing day by day. When it reaches the end of nine times, it means that The cold has gone and the warmth has come, and "spring is already deep".

Why do we eat dumplings during the Winter Solstice?

To commemorate the kindness of the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing’s “Quhan Jiao Er Soup”.

It is said that Zhang Zhongjing has been treating the people since he resigned and returned to his hometown. In winter, he saw that the people were hungry and cold, and many people even had their ears rotten by the cold, so he had people set up sheds, set up pots, and cooked mutton and The medicinal materials are chopped, and then wrapped in dough into ear-shaped "Jiaoer" to make cold-dispelling Jiaoer soup for the common people to eat. Later, in order to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, people would also learn to make "Jiao Er" food on the winter solstice, which is now the dumplings. There is still a folk proverb that goes "If you don't bring dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care".