Is spring the solstice after winter?

In the northern hemisphere where China is located, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn from the winter solstice, and the sunshine is most biased towards the northern hemisphere, with the shortest daytime and the longest night. After this day, the sun's rays gradually moved from the tropic of Capricorn to the north, and the days became longer day by day. On the winter solstice, the sun shines on the tropic of Capricorn, and the northern hemisphere has the shortest day and the longest night, so the winter solstice is also called the south solstice or "south solstice". Then gradually from the tropic of Capricorn to the north, the days in the northern hemisphere are getting longer day by day, and the southern hemisphere is just the opposite.

The ancients believed that the winter solstice coincided with the alternation of Yin and Yang, which was the climax of Yin (night) and the beginning of Yang (yang), which was a precursor of winter leaving and spring coming, and had the significance of connecting the past with the future. Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the solar terms of the solstice.

Extended data:

In gossip, the winter solstice corresponds to complicated divination. Judging from the situation of divination, among the six hexagrams, the first five hexagrams are yin hexagrams, and the last one is yang hexagrams, indicating that a little sun be the spirit has begun to appear, which is the root of our sun be the spirit and is the real Yang Qi.

In the eyes of the ancients, the solstice of winter is the most important day of the year, and it is also the beginning of the prosperity of yang and the decline of yin. On this day, Yin Qi, which reached its peak, began to decline, and a small Yang Qi Ran Ran sprouted, which was the moment of transformation of Yin and Yang.

References:

People's Network-Winter solstice has a history of 2500 years, and it was an official festival in the Han Dynasty.