Introduction: "Whether the Spring Festival is cold or not, it depends on the winter solstice day", the winter solstice on December 22, is the Spring Festival cold in 2024?
The winter solstice, which is a solar term, is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms, also known as the short day, the short solstice, and the south solstice. It is a solar term that reflects the direct movement of the sun's rays, generally on December 21-23 of the Gregorian calendar every year, and the sun's position reaches the intersection of 270 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
The winter solstice is the extreme of the sun's direct southward rays, on this day the sun directly hits the Tropic of Capricorn, the sun's rays are the most inclined to the northern hemisphere, the sun's altitude angle is the smallest, and the northern hemisphere is irradiated by the sun for the shortest time. As a result, it became the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
In addition, the winter solstice is also the turning point of the direct sun's return to the north, after which it will take the "turning back", moving north from the Tropic of Capricorn, and the height of the northern hemisphere will rise from there, and the days will increase day by day, and the sun's rays will gradually increase.
As a festival, the winter solstice, also known as the "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival", "Ya Sui" and so on. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, I had already calculated the winter solstice, which is one of the most important festivals in winter, and there is a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year".
It is recorded in the "Book of Han": "The winter solstice yang qi rises, the monarch is long, so he congratulates." "It is believed that after the winter solstice, the days are getting longer day by day, and the yang energy is rising, which is the beginning of a solar term cycle and an auspicious day, which should be celebrated.
In short, the winter solstice, which has both natural and humanistic connotations, is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional Chinese folk ancestor worship festival.
The date of the winter solstice corresponds to the Gregorian calendar, which is generally between December 21 and 23 of the Gregorian calendar. However, the lunar date is not so fixed.
Since, the winter solstice is the twenty-four solar terms and the middle of November. Therefore, the winter solstice can only occur in the 11th lunar month. Some years appear in the first 11th month of the lunar calendar (the beginning of the month), some years appear in the middle of the 11th lunar month (the middle of the month), and some years appear in the second lunar month (the end of the month).
This year's winter solstice is not ordinary, the festival is on the tenth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, which is in the first half of the month (the head of the month), and it is also called (early winter solstice) in the folk.
So, this year's winter solstice has arrived, and there is a saying among the people that "whether the Spring Festival is cold or not, it depends on the winter solstice day". What does it mean, is the Spring Festival cold in 2024? Let's take a look at what the agricultural proverbs left by our ancestors say!
1. The winter solstice month, the frost and snow year is blind
This agricultural proverb is not difficult to understand, to the effect that if the winter solstice falls on the first few days of the 11th lunar month, then it indicates that the end of the year will be very cold. In other words, when it comes to the Spring Festival, it will be colder than usual.
According to the "number nine", the coldest time is in 3949, and by the time of the Spring Festival, it is already 6979, and the weather has begun to warm up. If it does not warm up and it is still very cold, it means that it is "cold in spring", which is not good for the crops that are returning to green and those planted in early spring.
Second, the winter solstice is sunrise, and the cattle freeze to death during the New Year
This agricultural proverb uses an exaggerated expression, using "frozen cows" to describe the cold weather.
This agricultural proverb means that if the day of the winter solstice is a sunny day, then it indicates that when it is time for the New Year, the weather may be very cold, and it is even possible to "freeze to death" the cattle at home, indicating that the Spring Festival is colder than usual.
3. If there is frost on the winter solstice, heavy snow will fall during the New Year
This agricultural proverb literally means that if there is a frost on the day of the winter solstice, then when it comes to the New Year, it is likely to snow heavily, indicating that the Spring Festival is colder.
Fourth, the winter solstice is at the beginning of the month, the cold is at the end of the year, the winter solstice is at the end of the month, and the cold is at the end of the first month. ”
This agricultural proverb is to the effect that if the winter solstice falls in the first half of the 11th lunar month, then the Spring Festival will be colder, and if the winter solstice is in the second half of the 11th lunar month, then the Spring Festival will be relatively warm.
This year's winter solstice is on the 10th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar, which is in the first half of the year, and according to the agricultural proverb, this year's Spring Festival may be colder than usual.
Of course, the agricultural proverb was produced by the ancients under the conditions at that time, and there is a certain regionality, so many areas of the country can not be generalized, a simple reference can be used, can not be used as the basis for judging the current weather conditions and meteorological forecasts. When predicting the weather, we also need to judge based on local climate conditions and weather forecasts.