The winter solstice is a very important solar terms in Chinese lunar calendar. It is also a traditional festival. There are still many local customs that have had winter solstice. Winter solstice commonly known as "winter festival", "long section", "Asian-year-old" and so on. As early as two thousand five hundred years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China has used the soil to observe the sun measured the winter solstice came, it is one of the earliest 24 solar terms developed. Time in the annual solar calendar December 22 or 23 between.
Winter solstice is the northern hemisphere throughout the year the shortest day, the longest day of the night, after the winter solstice, the day will be a day long. The ancients of the winter solstice is: the cathode to, yang life, the south to Japan, short days to, the shadow of a long, so called "winter solstice." After the winter solstice, around the climate into a cold phase, which is often said that "into the nine", China's civil "cold in 39, heat in the dog" argument.
Determination of the modern astronomical science, the winter solstice sun direct sun Tropic of Cancer, the northern hemisphere most inclined to the sun, the northern hemisphere the shortest day, the longest night, after that day, the sun gradually northward.
In ancient China, the winter solstice attaches great importance to the winter solstice as a large festival, had "winter solstice as big as" argument, but also to celebrate the winter solstice. People think: after the winter solstice, the day day by day long, yang gas recovery, is the beginning of a solar term cycle, but also a good day, should be a good day. celebrate. "Jin Shu" recorded on the "Wei and Jin winter solstice by the nations and 100 Liao said ... ... the instrument in the Zhengdan." Explain the ancient emphasis on the winter solstice.
Now, some places also the winter solstice as a holiday. The northern region has the winter solstice sheep, eat dumplings, eat wonton custom, the South in this day there are eating winter solstice rice group, the winter solstice long line habit. Various regions in the winter solstice this day there are sacrificial offerings to ancestors of the custom.
