Winter Solstice (one of the 24 solar terms) 

Winter Solstice, also known as the Short Day solstice, Winter Festival, sub-year, etc., has both natural and cultural connotations. It is not only an important solar term in the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional Chinese folk festival.The winter Solstice is one of the four time and eight festivals. It is regarded as a big festival in winter. In ancient times, there was a folk saying "The winter Solstice is as big as the year".Winter Solstice customs vary from region to region, and there are differences in the content or details of the customs.In southern China, there is a custom of worshipping ancestors and feasting on the winter Solstice.In north China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every year on the winter Solstice.

The winter Solstice, the 22nd solar term of the "24 solar terms", is a solar term with a meridian of 270° and intersects on December 21, 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year.The winter solstice is the day when the sun is at its most southerly, and the sun's rays are most tilted towards the northern hemisphere, when they reach directly into the tropic of Capricorn.Thus, the winter solstice is the day with the lowest sun in the northern Hemisphere. It is also the day with the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and the days get shorter as you go north.North of the Arctic Circle, the sun stays below the horizon all day, making it the most extensive polar night of the year in the northern hemisphere.

On this day, though the sun is low and the days are short, the temperature on the winter solstice is not the lowest.In fact, because the ground is still "hot", it is usually not very cold before the winter solstice, the real cold after the winter solstice.As a result of the climate of our country each place differ greatly, this kind of climate meaning of winter for our country majority area, apparent slant late.The winter Solstice marks the beginning of the cold season, so people began to count the cold days (there is a folk saying: "On the summer solstice, three geng Geng fu, and on the winter solstice, nine fen).
 

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