What is the origin of the winter solstice? What are the differences between the beginning of winter and the winter solstice
4hw.com.cn: the winter solstice is one of the traditional 24 solar terms. The weather will be colder after the winter solstice, which indicates that the coldest season of the year is coming. Many friends will talk about the confusion between the winter solstice and the beginning of winter. What is the difference between the beginning of winter and the winter solstice, and what is the origin of the winter solstice? Let's have a look!
[different meanings of time]
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As the first solar term in winter, before and after November 8 every year, the sun reaches the Yellow meridian 225 DEG; Start at. Due to the difference between the north and South latitudes of China, the real winter is not based on the "beginning of winter", but based on the temperature below 10 ℃ for several consecutive days. But in the traditional concept, 'winter' means' end also ', which means the end. After the beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten and the noon sun height will continue to decrease. China takes the beginning of winter as the beginning of winter.
Winter solstice
An important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, the winter solstice is commonly known as' Winter Festival ',' long to Festival ',' sub year old ', etc. It is the earliest of the 24 solar terms. On the winter solstice, the position where the sun shines directly on the ground reaches the southernmost end of the year, almost directly on the Tropic of cancer (23 & deg; 26 \ '). On the winter solstice, the northern hemisphere gets the least sunshine, 50% less than the southern hemisphere. The northern hemisphere has the shortest day, and the farther north, the shorter the day.
[different climatic characteristics]
China has a vast territory, and the north and South longitudinally span dozens of latitudes, so there is a temperature difference between the north and the south. But after the beginning of winter, the temperature difference between the north and the south is greater. Many places in the north are already dry, everything withers and cold; And South China is still green mountains and waters, birds and flowers, warm and pleasant.
The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. In terms of climate, during the winter solstice, the average temperature in the Northwest Plateau is generally below 0 ℃, and that in the south is only about 6 ℃ to 8 ℃. In addition, the winter solstice begins to count nine, and the winter solstice day becomes the first day of counting nine.
What is the origin of the winter solstice
According to the records of the Zhou Dynasty, people used the winter solstice to offer sacrifices to heaven in the suburbs. Because the first month of the Zhou calendar was November of the summer calendar, the first month of the Zhou Dynasty was equal to our current November, so there was no difference between new year worship and winter celebration. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted the summer calendar that the first month and the winter solstice were separated, It can also be said that the 'Winter Festival' has existed since the Han Dynasty. It flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the winter solstice was a day for worshipping heaven and ancestors. On this day, the emperor would go to the suburbs to hold a grand ceremony for worshipping heaven. People would worship their parents and elders on this day. Now there are still some places celebrating the winter solstice.
Because of the different calendars, the people have been inheriting the Zhou calendar. They think that after the winter solstice is the beginning of another year (there is a saying that one year is more after eating Yuanzi). This is why the winter solstice is so valued by the people. However, such wrong inheritance makes the folk concept very different from the summer calendar used in the current day selection study, Such wrong ideas should be corrected and the correct calendar should be inherited.