1. The winter solstice month is the winter month, the ancient calendar’s nickname for November of the lunar calendar.

The ancient Chinese had various "aliases" for the twelve months of the year. At present, there are three months that are still retained in the language of the older generation in rural areas, namely: the first month (the first month of the lunar calendar). ), the winter month (November in the lunar calendar) and the twelfth lunar month (twelfth in the lunar calendar).

This habit is conducive to the parallelism of the two calendars. For example, the first month and the first month, November and the winter month, December and the twelfth lunar month, no explanation is needed and there will be no misunderstanding. Why do some places call the winter month "Winter Solstice Month"? Because the old people are used to counting the twenty-four festivals from the first month, and the winter solstice falls in the winter month (actually it is not accurate, there is a leap month in the lunar calendar).

The 30th day of the winter solstice month is the 30th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar (cannot be written as 11.30)

2. The winter solstice month may be the winter month, which means you may be Birthday is November 30th according to the lunar calendar. December of the lunar calendar should be called the month of December. But it may also be referring to the solar calendar. The winter solstice occurs every year in late December of the solar calendar. It is possible that your birthday is December 30

in the Gregorian calendar.

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It is reported that people in the north eat dumplings during the winter solstice, while some people in the south eat wontons.

In northern my country, there is a saying of "winter solstice dumplings and summer solstice noodles". Why do we eat dumplings on the winter solstice? The original name of dumplings is "Jiao Er". It is said that it was invented by Zhang Zhongjing, the medical saint of my country. It has been around for a long time. It has a history of more than 1,800 years.

Introduction

Winter Solstice (English: winter?solstice), also known as "Winter Festival" and "Winter Festival", is one of the twenty-four Chinese solar terms and one of the eight astronomical solar terms. , opposite to the summer solstice. The winter solstice begins when the sun reaches 270° of ecliptic longitude, which is around December 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. It is said that the winter solstice was the New Year's Day in the Zhou Dynasty in history, and it used to be a very lively day.

On the winter solstice, the sun reaches the southernmost point of the year, almost directly hitting the Tropic of Capricorn (23°26' south latitude). The northern hemisphere gets the least sunlight on this day, 50% less than the southern hemisphere. The days in the Northern Hemisphere are at their shortest, and the days get shorter as you go further north.

It is more common in northern China to have the custom of eating dumplings during the Winter Solstice. As the saying goes: "When the winter solstice comes, eat dumplings." In the south, people eat dumplings. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, in places such as Tengzhou, Shandong, the custom of counting nine during the winter solstice was popular. The custom of drinking mutton soup on the day of the count nine was popular, which meant to drive away the cold. .