When is the winter solstice 2020 and when does it start
2020 The winter solstice falls on December 21, 2020 in the Gregorian calendar.This solar term will last for about half a month.It will not be a doom until the arrival of the minor cold on January 5, 2021.During the winter solstice, our temperature will gradually decrease, but not when it is at its coldest.
Introduction to the Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice, also known as the Short Solstice, Winter Festival, Yasui, Winter Solstice, etc., has both natural and humanistic connotations, and is not only an important part of the twenty-four solar terms Solar terms are also traditional Chinese folk festivals.The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals, and is regarded as a big festival in winter.There are differences in the content or details of the custom of the winter solstice due to different regions.In some coastal areas of southern China, there is the custom of worshipping ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice; in northern China, there is the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.
The time of the winter solstice
The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms".Festival.The winter solstice is the extreme southward travel of the sun, the day when the sun is at its lowest in the northern hemisphere.Therefore, the time of the 2020 winter solstice is December 21, 2020 in the Gregorian calendar.It represents the day with the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere, and the daytime gets shorter as you go north.Although the days on the winter solstice are short, the temperature on the winter solstice is not the lowest; it will not be very cold before the winter solstice, because there is still "accumulated heat" on the surface, and the real cold winter is after the winter solstice.
Customs of the Winter Solstice
1.Sacrifice to the Heaven:During the winter solstice, it is necessary to sacrifice to the sky.Now, it is rare to say about a relatively large-scale sacrifice to the sky.It is the ancient emperors who held more activities to sacrifice to the sky during the winter solstice.This is also a traditional custom.The sacrifice to the sky is also to pray for the country’s good weather and the country’s prosperity.Therefore, during the winter solstice, the ancient emperors would choose to sacrifice to the sky.National prayer, in the Northern Song Dynasty in my country, the activities of worshiping the sky were more prosperous.Generally, emperors chose to hold it in the suburbs outside the palace.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing had been built, so during the Ming and Qing dynasties, they were all in Beijing.It was held on the dome on the Temple of Heaven, and offering sacrifices to the heavens was a highly valued activity in ancient times.Generally, the day before the offerings to the heavens were held, the emperors would bathe and fast, just to welcome the arrival of the offerings to the heavens.
2.Ancestor worship:A common activity during the winter solstice is ancestor worship.In some places, ancestor worship may only be carried out during the Spring Festival, but in some places during the winter solstice They will choose ancestor worship to welcome the arrival of the winter solstice.In ancient times, ancestor worship on the winter solstice was not only for ancestor worship, but also for the elders in the family to show their filial piety and present the shoes and socks that had been prepared.Now it may be less, but ancestor worship There is still one point, in the winter solstice in southern Fujian, when the ancestors are not worshiped during the Spring Festival, there will be no elders to go home.
3.Eating dumplings:Eating dumplings may be a well-known custom in the winter solstice.Whether it is in the north or the south of our country, eating dumplings on the winter solstice has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.In fact, eating dumplings on the winter solstice is A unique custom in northern my country, this kind of eating dumplings on the winter solstice was popularized by Zhang Zhongjing in ancient times.According to legend, it was a medicinal material that Zhang Zhongjing studied in order to treat the ears of patients who were frostbitten.After eating, to prevent the ears from frostbite, so dumplings.Also known as flat food, Jiaoer, on the winter solstice, you can use beef, mutton or pork as stuffing, then wrap it in flour and cook it to warm the body and ward off the cold, so dumplings have also been used since then.was passed down.
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