What is the solar term of 202 1 winter solstice?

Winter solstice

What is the solar term? Which solar term is the winter solstice?

The winter of solstice is "

The 24 Solar Terms

"Twenty-two solar terms, beans and branches, solar calendar 270, celebrated every year on Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23. The winter solstice is the limit of the sun's southward travel, and the height of the sun in the northern hemisphere is the smallest on this day. On the solstice of winter, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, and the sun is most inclined to the northern hemisphere. The solstice in winter is the turning point of the sun. After this day, it will go back. The direct point of the sun will move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' s), and the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) will increase day by day.

202 1 winter solstice time: 65438+February 2 1, 18: 02, 12, Winter Moon 18, Tuesday.

Introduction to the origin of solar terms and winter solstice

As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had observed the sun with the earth and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms and also a solar term of the Chinese nation.

traditional festival

. The Yin and Zhou Dynasties stipulated that the day before the winter solstice was the end of the year, and the winter solstice was equivalent to

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

. Later, the summer calendar was implemented. However, the winter solstice has always ranked first among the 24 solar terms, and it is called "dividing the year".

People originally celebrated the Winter Solstice Festival to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The ancients believed that since the winter solstice, the sun be the spirit of heaven and earth began to flourish, representing the beginning of the next cycle, which was a lucky day. Therefore, later, during the Spring Festival, customs such as ancestor worship and family dinners often appeared on the winter solstice. As a festival, the winter solstice originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to this day.

Does the winter solstice solar term belong to the first day of the ninth year?

According to the traditional calendar of our country, every year from the day of the winter solstice, it is considered to have entered the ninth year. After entering the ninth year, the weather will get colder and colder everywhere, and the whole country will enter the coldest stage. The winter solstice begins to count to nine, which is what people call "winter counting to nine". Nine days is 19, nine days is 29, and counting to "99" means that "99" is over, and "99 is full of flowers", which is warm.

Winter solstice custom

After thousands of years of development, a unique seasonal diet culture has been formed from winter solstice to Sunday. The custom of eating wonton on the solstice in winter is more common. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Lin 'an ate wonton on the solstice in winter. At first, it was to worship their ancestors, and then it gradually became popular. There is a folk saying "winter solstice wonton".

Summer solstice

Face. " Today, wonton has become a famous snack with many kinds, different productions and delicious taste all over the country, which is deeply loved by people. Wonton has many names, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wonton, Guangdong Wonton, Hubei Noodle, Jiangxi Clear Soup, Sichuan Wonton, Xinjiang Ququ and so on.

Eating jiaozi is also a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an essential food from winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "the winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. An ancient poem said, "Every family beats rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty.

In many places in the north, there is a custom of eating dog meat and mutton from winter to Sunday, because the weather enters the coldest period from winter to the future. Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have the functions of aphrodisiac and tonic, and there is still a folk custom of tonic in winter to day.

In Taiwan Province Province, China, the tradition of offering nine-layer cakes to ancestors from winter to the sun is still preserved. Glutinous rice flour is used to knead animals such as chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cattle and sheep. , a symbol of good luck, and then put it in a steamer and steam it layer by layer to worship the ancestors to show that they don't forget their ancestors. In the early days of the winter solstice or before and after the agreement, people with the same surname and clan gather in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors one by one in the order of generations. After the ceremony, there will be a grand banquet for the people who come to worship their ancestors. Everyone drinks heartily and meets again after a long separation, which is called "food ancestor". The winter solstice festival has been handed down from generation to generation in Taiwan Province Province to show that we have never forgotten our roots.