Is the solstice in winter a holiday?
Origin of the festival: eight festivals a year, offering sacrifices to God and ancestors.
Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China.
The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year, and the customs of winter solstice varied in content or details due to different regions. In the south of China, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and feasts from winter solstice, and in the north of China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi from winter solstice every year.
On the day of winter solstice, although the sun is low and the days are short, the temperature of winter solstice is not the lowest in meteorology. In fact, due to the accumulation of surface heat, it is usually not very cold before the winter solstice, and the real cold is after the winter solstice. Due to the huge climate difference in different parts of China, this climatic winter is obviously late for most parts of China, and the winter solstice marks the upcoming cold season.
The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term among the 24 solar terms, with a solar calendar of 270 degrees. It is celebrated every year on the Gregorian calendar of 65438+February 2 1-23. The solstice in winter is the extreme point of direct sunlight spreading to the south. From winter to the sun, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere, and the elevation angle of the sun is the smallest. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest. The winter solstice is also a turning point for the direct point of the sun to return to the north. After this day, it went back, the direct point of the sun moved northward from the tropic of Capricorn, and the days in the northern hemisphere became longer day by day.
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