The winter solstice is a very important festival in our country! Whether from farming or health care
It is different from the traditional calendar that we usually know and use every day
The 24 solar terms are solar calendars based on the trajectory of the sun
The lunar calendar used every day is a lunar calendar based on the trajectory of the moon
5,000 years ago the Xia Dynasty was established!!
The beginning of the development of the calendar, the enactment of legislation, can guide the life of all people in the country in agricultural farming activities
Because the formulation of the calendar was an important tool for the ruler of the dynasty, declaring that he could communicate with the heavens
It was heaven who sent him to rule the world, so the formulation of legislation was the exclusive patent of the rulers of the dynasty
The Xia Dynasty formulated the first calendar of our country: the Xia calendar
This summer calendar was used until the demise of the dynasty, and after the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, this calendar continued to be used!
Over the course of eight 800 years of use, it has also been constantly fine-tuned and modified
But overall it hasn't changed much
In the Zhou Dynasty, they still followed the habits of the previous two generations and continued to use the Xia Dynasty calendar
For a total of 790 years in the Zhou Dynasty, this calendar has been guiding all the lives of the Chinese land
In the late Warring States period, the strong rise of the Qin state was through the efforts of several generations
It reached its peak in the era of Qin Shi Huang, followed by a unified war, and finally established a unified Qin Empire
Unfortunately, as soon as the First Emperor died, the empire collapsed immediately! The Han Dynasty took its place
The Han Dynasty was the longest-lived ancient dynasty in China, and there was no one, enjoying four hundred years of the country
Collectively, we, the peoples of the Land of China, are called Han Chinese and call ourselves Han Chinese
The Qin Empire and the early Han Dynasty also made the Xia calendar
Until Emperor Wu of Han took office, according to the changes in society at that time and the huge changes in the land area, the Summer Calendar was no longer suitable for use
A new calendar, the Taichu Calendar, was rewritten to change the three-thousand-year-old New Year to the Winter Solstice
It has been used to this day, but the original summer calendar was used for up to three thousand years, so people have always retained their memories
The day of the winter solstice was once the New Year, so that it was passed down to become the "Winter Solstice New Year"